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Offline W. Welshman

Metis Sash
« on: January 27, 2010, 09:07:21 AM »
Need to know how wide are the Metis sash ?Been told 10in wide need to know before I start weaving my sashes.Thanks for the help
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Offline Voyageur

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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2010, 10:07:03 AM »
The one I have comes in around 9.35 in----"Doc"
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Offline attheedgeoftheworld

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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2010, 11:23:28 AM »
The old ones I have seen and handles. the widest I have seen is  6 inches.
 A lot of the sashes  you see for sale (old ones) at auctions are from the 19th century. Not a lots from earlier times.  
 I have a large 19th century sash.
It is fingerwoven, is 6 inches wide and about 140 inches long. it wraps around me twice. It is in all natural colors of wool- meaning the color it was on the sheep is the color the wool yarn is.  Another thing is that sashes where not just an indian made item. They were trades as a finished item like shirts, ribbonworked clouts and leggings.
 The town of L' Assumption, Canada was the birth place of the assumption sash.   As well, all sash were not woven.  But a strip of wool cloth or other fabric.   just a my 2 cents.....
 
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Offline Pichou

Re: Metis Sash
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2010, 01:20:31 PM »
Quote from: "W. Welshman"
Need to know how wide are the Metis sash ?Been told 10in wide need to know before I start weaving my sashes.Thanks for the help

You need this book.  It's free.

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibiti ... 504e.shtml

Most voyageurs just wore a plain red loom woven sash tho.
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Offline Trois Castors

Re: Metis Sash
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2010, 06:15:15 PM »
Quote from: "Pichou"
You need this book...

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibiti ... 504e.shtml
Thanks for this :lt th
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Offline Pichou

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« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2010, 09:19:59 PM »
Don't thank me, it's your  :P
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Offline James Kelly

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« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2011, 08:06:07 PM »
Pichou's suggestion is the best, and only, book on the subject.

I got my genuine Metis sash rom metisresourcecentre.mb.ca
Their supplier is someone in Montreal . . .

There is a suggestion that the Canadian Indians learnt finger weaving a very long time ago from the only European nation that does it, Norway.
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« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2011, 05:32:02 AM »
You can see one on here metismuseum.ca
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