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Beaded bandolier or sash
unknownMid-19th century - Late 19th century
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada
The sash honouring Joseph Brant features Victorian style raised beadwork of the later 19th century. The only documentation found to date for the sash is a photograph of it being worn by Seth Newhouse (Dayodakane) (1842-1921), an Onondaga man from the Six Nations of the Grand River. Newhouse produced the first written version of the Great Law of the League of the Iroquois in the 1880s.
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- Title: Beaded bandolier or sash
- Creator: unknown
- Creator Lifespan: unknown - unknown
- Creator Nationality: Iroquois
- Date: Mid-19th century - Late 19th century
- Physical Dimensions: w14 cm
- Type: Bandolier or sash
- Rights: Royal Ontario Museum
- Medium: Velveteen, cotton, glass beads, metal sequins
- Measurement Length: 140
- Artist Biography: Joseph Brant (Thayendanega) (1742-1927) is remembered as the Mohawk military leader who sided with the British in the American War of Independence (1776-1783). Following the British defeat, Brant and other loyalists came to Upper Canada where they were granted land in compensation for lands lost in the United States. A small portion of the original land grant became the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve in 1841.
- Accession Number: 960.3
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