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Exhibition History"Art of This Land," National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 1, 2009 - April 1, 2011.
ProvenanceBelieved to have been given as a presentation piece to James Bruce, the 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, governor-general of Canada, during his residency 1847-1854; descended in the Elgin family to the 11th Earl of Elgin and the 15th Earl of Kincardine, Dunfermline, Scotland
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.69.
Phillips, Ruth B. "Quilled Bark from the Central Great Lakes: A Transcultural History." In Studies in American Indian Art: A Memorial Tribute to Norman Feder. Austria/Seattle: Adolf Holzhausens Nachfolger/ University of Washington Press, 2000, pp.122-123 [general reference to ex-Elgin Great Lakes quilled birchbark pieces]; pp.127-128.
Phillips, Ruth B. Trading Identities: The Souvenir in Native North American Art from the Northeast, 1700-1900. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998, p. 298.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 73.
Baby Bonnet
Date1847-1854
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 6 in. (14 × 11.4 × 15.2 cm)
Object numberT0259
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThis baby bonnet may have been given as a presentation piece to Lady Elgin in recognition of her young son. It likely impressed her for its elaborately quilled floral imagery, but it would not have been practical for actual use. This quilled baby bonnet is the only one known of its kind.Exhibition History"Art of This Land," National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 1, 2009 - April 1, 2011.
ProvenanceBelieved to have been given as a presentation piece to James Bruce, the 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, governor-general of Canada, during his residency 1847-1854; descended in the Elgin family to the 11th Earl of Elgin and the 15th Earl of Kincardine, Dunfermline, Scotland
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.69.
Phillips, Ruth B. "Quilled Bark from the Central Great Lakes: A Transcultural History." In Studies in American Indian Art: A Memorial Tribute to Norman Feder. Austria/Seattle: Adolf Holzhausens Nachfolger/ University of Washington Press, 2000, pp.122-123 [general reference to ex-Elgin Great Lakes quilled birchbark pieces]; pp.127-128.
Phillips, Ruth B. Trading Identities: The Souvenir in Native North American Art from the Northeast, 1700-1900. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998, p. 298.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 73.
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