English Broadcloth Skirt with Zig Zag and Diamond Ribbonwork

English Broadcloth Skirt with Zig Zag and Diamond Ribbonwork

911.3.78

Woolen broadcloth skirt with panels of silk ribbonwork appliqué in a version of the otter tail motif. Main body of the skirt is one panel with ribbonwork along the bottom, and is seamed with a separate narrow panel supporting the band of vertical ribbonwork. Made of materials stated to have been presented to Anishinaabe Chief Kiagesis for his wife in 1793 by order of King George III. Dr. Oronhyatekha Ethnology collection.

1793-1822

Anishinaabe

Chippewa of the Thames First Nation; Muncey, Ontario

Oronhyatekha Collection catalogue: "English broadcloth skirt decorated with bands of coloured silk, presented to Chief Kiagesis Chippewa for his wife, 1793, by order George III." Kiagesis is Quekijick who signed the Long Woods Treaty #25, 1819-22 (https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1370372152585/1581293792285#ucls19)

Dark blue woolen broadcloth, very fine quality; silk ribbon not wider than an inch wide, in red, green, yellow, blue, creanm light blue, salmon pink, dark blue, gold-brown, beige, linen thread

Oronhyatekha Collection

Cory Willmott. 2022. Decolonizing the Museum to Reclaim and Revitalize the Anishinaabe Strap Dress. Winterthur Portfolio 55(2): 140

42.82132, -81.44094 (N 42°49′17″ W 81°26′27″)

66.5 × 87.5 cm

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