Arrow pattern necklace

File, 2011-004-001-016

Part of: Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre > Artifact collection > Beadwork series > Arrow pattern necklace
Date: circa 1885 – 1920
Physical Description: 0.1 cm of object. - 1 necklace : col. ; 29.5 x 0.7 x 0.1 cm
General Material Designation: Object
Language(s): English

Descriptive Notes: Style or pattern: arrows, diamonds; Process and material details: loom woven, handstitched; 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".; A beaded necklace. Loom woven.; Colour: black, red, white, beige