fraternal collar
Report a Mistake- Date Made 1867 or later
- Event --
- Affiliation Loyal Orange Lodge
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Object Number 1999.137.7
- Place of Origin --
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Ontario
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department History
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1867/11/01
- Latest 1876/08/21
- Materials Textile, Cotton, Silkworm silk
- Person / Institution Associated political figure, Gowan, Mr. Ogle Robert
- Measurements Length 61.0 cm, Width 34.0 cm, Thickness 1.9 cm
- Related activity Ceremony
- Caption Comments on this ceremonial collar relating to Ogle Robert Gowan
- Additional Information A red velvet collar embroidered with gold thread and fringed with gold braids. This collar was originally owned by Ogle Gowan and his son-in-law, Thomas R. Ferguson, Member of Parliament. Gowan was an Irish upstart who created the Orange Lodge, the largest non-religious association in British North America, according to biographer Donald Akenson. Gowan stood for Protestantism, Loyalism, and the Constitution, and was anti-Catholic, and anti-republican. He commanded the 9th Provision Army at the Battle of the Windmill, during the Rebellion of 1838.