IDNO

P.8373.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Iroquois Indian with pack basket. 17170.” [typed text]

A man, William Styres, carrying a burden basket made of split ash or elm on his back. Beside him is a large wooden pestle and mortar and a basket, and he stands in front of a split wood house. [JD 15/4/2009]

Place

N America; Canada; Ontario; Six Nations Indian Reserve

Cultural Affliation

Haudenosaunee [People of the Longhouse; historically Iroquois; Five Nations]

Named Person

Styres.William

Photographer

Waugh, Frederick Wilkerson

Collector / Expedition

National Museum of Canada

Date

1912

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Canadian Museum of Civilization [National Museum of Canada]

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Photographer: Probably Frederick Waugh or Harlan Smith as part of the Geological Survey of Canada. [Morgan Baillargeon, JD 8/5/2007]

Related Image: Same image held at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC), Gatineau, Canada, with the following information:
“Title - William Styres carrying on his back a basket, Ontario.
Date - 1912
Photographer - Waugh Collection Photograph”
Reference - 17172
[Source: https://grasac.org/gks/gks_heritage_item.php?id=1412, JD 14/4/2009]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 20/4/2009]