Lot Essay
cf. For a similar example of this toque see Coe, 1976, p. 87, fig. 93.
Details
A CREE/METIS CLOTH EMBROIDERED TOQUE AND HIDE EMBROIDERED PANEL
The toque constructed of alternating panels of black and red cloth, bordered in blue silk, decorated with a band of embroidery in red, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink; the panel with scalloped edges, trimmed along one side in blue silk, border decorated with a floral design, embroidered in blue, green, pink and red
The toque: 10in. (25.4cm.); the panel: 15¼in. (38.7cm.) long (2)
The toque constructed of alternating panels of black and red cloth, bordered in blue silk, decorated with a band of embroidery in red, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink; the panel with scalloped edges, trimmed along one side in blue silk, border decorated with a floral design, embroidered in blue, green, pink and red
The toque: 10in. (25.4cm.); the panel: 15¼in. (38.7cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Descended through the family of Donald Alexander Smith, Lord Strathcona.