Floral purse

General Description:

A sealed purse. The front and back sides are mirrored designs featuring flower and stem bead work with trim on a brown background. A cotton textile wraps from front to back along the scalloped edges. There is a flap on the front and back.

Object Type:

Purse

Colour:

red, brown, white, green, pink, blue, light blue, translucent, beige

Date Reported:

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 00:00

Object Classification:

Personal Objects; Personal Gear

GMD:

object

Historical Context:

A2.WIL: The period concentrating on Reverend Edward Francis Wilson's arrival , and the subsequent building of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School , 1871-1892. Reverend E.F. Wilson was principal of the school from 1873 - 1892, and thereafter was relocated to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. The A2.WIL.0 collection included bead work collected by Reverend E.F. Wilson and Archibald Wilson, Principal of Elkhorn, Residential School, Washakada. The bead work is most likely from the late 1800s. Mrs. Graham, a descendant of E.F. Wilson, graciously donated the bead work to the Shingwauk Project. She said, "I want these to go back to where they belong".

Custodial History:

Previously known as A2.WIL.0.20

Start Date:

1885

Description Level:

File

End Date:

1920

Style or Pattern:

flowers, stems, trim, scalloped edging

Process:

handstitched, handbeaded

Date Range:

[ca. 1885-1920]

Image:

Document:

2011-4_001_024_Photo Documentation.pdf

Physical Description:

1.5cm of object. - 1 purse : col. ; 17 x 18 x 1.5 cm

Conservation Notes:

Fig.1 - Loose Threads - Front top left corner edge - 4.7cm - due to handling and use; Fig.2 - Paper - Front top right - due to tracing for bead work; Fig.3 - Missing Beads - Front bottom right flap edge - approx. 30 white beads - due to handling and use; Fig.4 - Missing Beads and Material Loss - Front center left edge - approx. 5 green beads - approx. 3 white beads - due to handling and use; Fig.5 - Material Loss - Front bottom center edge - wear along entire edge - due to handling and use; Fig.6 - Seam Release - Front inside right bottom of flap - 9.4cm - 4.7cm - due to handling and use; Fig.7 - Discolouration - Front inside - brown tone - due to handling, use and previous storage conditions; Fig.8 - Missing beads - Back center right side - approx. 4 green beads - approx. 3 white beads - due to handling and use; Fig.9 - Missing Beads and Hole - Back bottom edge of flap - entire edge - 0.2x0.2cm - due to handling and use; Fig.10 - Wear - Back bottom left corner of flap - various small locations on front and back - due to handling and use; Fig.11 - Material Loss - Back edges - wear along entire edge - due to handling and use; Fig.12 - Tear - Back inside right flap hinge - 4.7cm - due to handling and use; Fig.13 - Seam Release - Back inside flap - entire edge - due to handling and use

Notes:

The raised beadwork on this purse suggests it was beaded in the Haudenosaunee or Iroquian style.

rec_shelfloc:

2011-004-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Options:

assess the item; document the item; photograph the item; wrap in acid-free tissue; store in archival box

Accession No:

Artifact collection, beadwork series

Materials required:

acid-free tissue; archival box

Container Number:

001

Conclusions:

Option completed

Storage Method:

18-23*C; 45-60%RH; 50 lux; flat storage