Rush Mat, partially finished

Title

Rush Mat, partially finished

Rights

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

Type

ethnographic

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation

Mrs. Hyman (Ada) Smith and Mrs. George (Sarah) Shogonosh

Date

1933-07

Description

Partly finished. Series of long fibers (rush) braided together along one end with three strands of plant fiber woven into same edge to hold all together. Remainder is loose, unwoven rush fibers. Fiber cordage is attached to edges and ties mat in rolled bundle (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).

Place

Canada

Walpole Island, Ontario

Identifier

UMMAA 13974

Relation

Kinietz, W. V. & V. H. Jones. 1941-42. Notes on the manufacture of rush mats among the Chippewa. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters 27: 525-537.

Rush Reed, prepared

Dyed Rush Reeds

Mrs. Hyman (Ada) Smith with dried rushes

Rush mat with the sisters who made it

Provenance

Volney Jones and Mrs. Hyman (Ada) Smith