1 10 3 https://exhibit.objectlives.com/files/original/af9134ada573de8c6a11e40bd3cd32fe.png de4ffdaa9d91297322b1aff9e27b7a2f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Object Lives Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource McCord Jacket - Global Context Description An account of the resource Wendake was located near Quebec City, enabling Huron Wendat leaders to shape relationships with the wider world. Quebec City was a transit point for people and cargo. From the 1830s, trans-Atlantic steamship lines advertised regular passage, increasing the speed of contact, bringing immigrants, professionals and tourists. Guidebooks instructed visitors on the best scenic vistas. The Huron Wendat town of Lorette (Wendake) was recommended for its beauty and renowned embroidered goods. Embroidery of many kinds travelled back to Europe as souvenirs, as gifts, or for select commercial sale. Visitors to Quebec City included many notables. And Huron Wendat leaders reached out to cultural figures like the eminent British actor Edmund Kean (1825), as well as noted British opera singer Edward Seguin (1840). Both were honoured with adoption into this Huron community, an event Kean celebrated with a commemorative print. These occasions were widely reported in the international press. The increasing hostile colonial context demanded new strategies. By building cultural alliances, the Huron Wendat reinforced the place of their community. Promoting their textile arts showcase their cultural accomplishments, while earning them income and prestige. https://exhibit.objectlives.com/files/original/49bd75f325a82631f42f987d14320fb5.jpg b617dedcd757de7637c7be56dd30e356 https://exhibit.objectlives.com/files/original/9d99ceec5de0cea50075b55501107ca6.jpg 58219815083fec366a7df067b892f5cc https://exhibit.objectlives.com/files/original/8211148594ee39c565e79cba11b30ad4.jpg bd55044cec8c8012d0184755b486ccc3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Object Lives Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource McCord Jacket Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource McCord Museum Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource photograph Description An account of the resource This black wool broadcloth jacket (1860-1870) was cut to embrace a fashionable woman, designed to lie over a bustle on the back of the skirt. The exquisite embroidery makes this a striking garment, outlining every line of the jacket. A Huron Wendat artist executed this needlework, a woman likely based at Wendake / Lorette outside Quebec City. Perhaps she learned directly from notable artists like Marguerite Vincent Lawinoke (1783-1865) or Caroline Gros-Louis (1876-1941). Traditional skills in moosehair and porcupine quill embroidery elevated this fashionable garment. Quality embroidered goods were sold through retailers with a local and international clientele, like the firm now known as Holt Renfrew. This garment marks the important fashion production of Huron Wendat artists. It is among a range of fashion items that survive in major museums, goods that circulated to global markets. Huron Wendat embroiderers made distinctive contributions to world fashion, a contribution that must be celebrated and explained. https://exhibit.objectlives.com/files/original/2934ef29737a7b5e6af02b64039f2f1e.jpg b31f4961fe6fc23caa697811853274a7 https://exhibit.objectlives.com/files/original/d93f498dc5ca13f1b5c62a929834d4c3.jpg 67fa85003332099728e93433b433cf21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Object Lives Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thunderbird Pouch Description An account of the resource This extraordinary bag shows a Thunderbird, a powerful manito or spirit-being, which is often associated with warfare. The bag was made in an unusual way: its inner cloth pouch is enclosed in finely cut, netted hide thongs which are painstakingly wrapped with dyed porcupine quills to form the design. The bag is embellished with a recycled trade silver armband, which has been cut in two for the front and back; it was made by Charles Arnoldi, worked in Montreal from 1799-1817. Its stamped designs have been used as the guidelines for holes punched through it to space the hide thongs for the netting. On one side of the silver, the word ‘Pinesi’—Anishinaabeg for Thunderbird—has been scratched onto the band. The use of the Thunderbird imagery links the bag to others made by Anishinaabe women in the Great Lakes region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.