Object Record
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Accession # |
2003.6.14 |
Item Name |
Gorget Artifact, First Nations |
Description |
A broken piece of a slate gorget. The fractured side has rough edges and a broken hole. The small hole has been drilled or worked through the gorget on one side. This is a First Nations artifact. |
Provenance |
The gorget was part of the Albert S. Petrie Collection, that was collected by Mr. Petrie through the first half of the 20th century. He retrieved over 80 artifacts while ploughing his property on the 5th concession, lot 4, of West Garafraxa Twp. "The farm is four miles due east of Fergus" and according to a 1951 article by Fergus News Express editor Hugh Templin the artifacts may offer proof of a First Nation site on the property. The donor of the collection is the daughter-in-law of Hugh Templin. The Petrie Collection was given to Hugh Templin in 1951 by the executor of Albert S. Petrie's estate because, according to Templin's article, Templin "has long been interested in local history. It is planned to keep it intact so that if a museum is ever started here, Mr. Petrie's collection may be available." With Hugh Templin's death, the collection was handed over to his son Peter Templin. Peter died circa 1995 and his widow has now donated the collection to WCMA. In 1951 the Petrie farm was owned by Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred Hughes. Its current occupants are not yet known. A photocopy of the 1951 article written by Hugh Templin and a map from the book "Fergus: Looking Back Volume 1 (page 6)" is with the gift form. Information that pertains to the West Garafraxa land abstract is also with the gift form. |
Person \ Organization |
Petrie, Albert |
Place |
West Garafraxa Twp. |