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Nom de l'objet : Steel
Artiste ou artisan : Unidentified maker
Catégorie de l'objet : 4: T&E For Materials
Sous-catégorie de l'objet : Metalworking T&E
Discipline : Local History
Matériaux : Wood / Steel
Numéro d'accession : 1961.027.003
Nom de la collection : Textiles, Needlework & Accessories Collection
Fabricant : Unknown
District d'origine : England?
Culture : Canadian
Date absolue : pre-1865
Description : A woman's hand-held steel (scissor sharpener). Function: a tool used by a needleworker for sharpening small scissors (perhaps Mrs. Sutton's little embroidery scissors? and perhaps needles?) The steel is block-like, with a wooden body that has two steel blades inserted at an upwards angle in the two longer sides. The top has a turned finial, that provides a finger grip. The wood is varnished. There is no maker's identification.
Commentaires : This item formerly belonged to Mrs. William Sutton, who died in September of 1865. She was an Ojibwa woman whose maiden name was Catharine Brown Sunego and Nahneebahweequay (Upright Woman, Black Squirrel). She was born c. 1824 and was of the Eagle clan (totem), as was her father, Bunch Sunego. As she did embroidery while on shipboard during or after her visit to England to have an audience with Queen Victoria, she likely had this item in her possession in 1860. Perhaps it might be from the 1850s or earlier? Mrs. Sutton was an adept needlewoman. She had learned handiwork skills at the Credit Indian Mission in her childhood (and in 1837 had visited England with her aunt and uncle, so she a chance to use and learn about non-native items). In January, 1839, she married Mr. William Sutton at the Credit Indian Mission. In the mid-1840s, the Suttons relocated their family to what would later be called Grey County, in order to assist the Newash Band of Ojibwa with missionary work. The Newash Band gave Mrs. Sutton and her heirs a quantity of land. In 1857, when the Newash Band ceded their land, Mrs. Sutton's property became part of the new Sarawak Twp., and she was in jeopardy of losing it, as being an Indian meant that she could not purchase her land back from the Crown or get legal title to it. This and other injustices led her to become a spokesperson for her people, and she was elected by the Council at Rama to go to England and seek an audience with Queen Victoria. She did journey to England and achieved an audience with the Queen, and one of her sons, Albert Edward Alsop Sutton, was born at Stoke-Newington in 1860. Mrs. Sutton returned to Canada West, but unfortunately became ill and died in September of 1865. The item was passed down to her grand-daughter.
Fonctions : This item formerly belonged to Mrs. William Sutton, who died on September 25, 1865. She was an Ojibwa woman whose maiden name was Catharine Brown Sunego and "Nahneebahweequay" (Upright Woman, Black Squirrel). She was born c. 1824 near the Credit River and was of the Eagle clan (totem), as was her father, Chief Bunch Sunego. Her mother was Mary Crane. As a young girl, Nahneebahweequa learned English and handiwork skills at the Credit River Indian Mission and was converted to Christianity. In 1837, she travelled to England with her uncle and aunt, Rev. Peter Jones and Eliza Field Jones. Rev. Jones was also a Mississauga Ojibwa of the Eagle totem, and his wife was English-born. Nahneebahweequay married an Englishman, William Sutton, on Jan. 9, 1839, at the Credit Mission. The Suttons worked at the Credit mission for a few years and in 1845 moved northwards with a couple other families to join the Newash Band near Owen's Sound and assist with missionary work. The Newash Band gave Mrs. Sutton and her heirs a quantity of land, which the Suttons improved into a farm. In 1857, when the Newash Band ceded their land to the Crown by treaty, Mrs. Sutton's property became part of the new Sarawak Twp., and she was in jeopardy of losing it, as being an Indian meant that she could not purchase her land back from the Crown and get legal title to it. This and other injustices led her to become a spokesperson for her people, and she was elected by the General Council at Rama in July, 1859 to go to England and seek an audience with Queen Victoria. She did journey to England and achieved an audience with the Queen on June 19, 1860, and one of her sons, Albert Edward Alsop Sutton, was born at Stoke-Newington later that summer. Mrs. Sutton and her baby son returned to their family in Canada West. A few years later Mrs. Sutton became ill and died in September of 1865. She was buried on her farm. Mr. Sutton lived there as well until he passed away in 1894. The former Sutton land is now part of the Cobble Beach golf course in the municipality of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County, Ontario. As she did embroidery while on shipboard when travelling to and from England to have an audience with Queen Victoria, she likely had this item in her possession in 1860. Perhaps it might be from the 1850s or earlier? Mrs. Sutton was an adept needlewoman. The sharpener and other Sutton artefacts were passed down in the family before donation.
Hauteur : 4.200
Longueur : 2.700
Largeur : 2.000
Profondeur : A woman's hand-held steel (scissor sharpener). Function: a tool used by a needleworker for sharpening small scissors (perhaps Mrs. Sutton's little embroidery scissors? and perhaps needles?) The steel is block-like, with a wooden body that has two steel blades inserted at an upwards angle in the two longer sides. The top has a turned finial, that provides a finger grip. The wood is varnished. There is no maker's identification.
Unité de mesure linéaire : cm
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