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| knife sheath; knife
CD2005-0173
D2005-01143 | |
| | Artifact Number | III-X-281 a-b | | | Current Cultural Affiliations | Eastern Woodlands
Eastern Great Lakes
| | | All Affiliations | Eastern Woodlands (culture)
Eastern Great Lakes (culture)
| | | Category | 05: tools and equipment for science and technology
05: tools and equipment for science and technology
| | | Sub-category | E180: armament accessory
E080: armament, edged
| | | Measurements | Length 52.5 cm, Width 7.0 cm, Thickness 1.5 cm | | | Person / Institution | Associated party
| | | Latest Possible Date | 1780/12/31 C | | | Caption | Knife, Sheath
| | Additional Information | The rare, early artifact seen here is a witness to the variety and complexity of Native arts and crafts that once existed in the Great Lakes region. It is from a collection acquired by Sir John Caldwell, an Irish baronet, who proudly displays it in his portrait (now in the Liverpool Museum, England). As an officer in the British 8th Regiment of Foot, Caldwell was assigned to Niagara and Detroit between 1774 and 1780. His position demanded frequent official visits to Indian villages, and he took part in several Indian councils. It was during these trips that he amassed a superb collection of Native objects, which he took back with him to Ireland in 1780. There an unknown artist painted him dressed in his North American finery, which he could wear with some confidence, having been elected a chief of the Ojibwa, allies of the British during the American Revolution. Caldwell's collection remained in Ireland until part of it was acquired by a German collector, Arthur Speyer. When, in 1973, the Museum repatriated the outstanding Speyer collection of Indian objects made during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, it also acquired the Caldwell pieces.
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