bag, large

bag, large

bag, large

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Introduction

Large woven bag made of cedar. Anishinaabe, Spanish River. Collected in 1856 by the English ethnologist Henry Christy and donated to the British Museum between 1860 and 1869.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Field collected by Christie. RP notes its style is Anishinaabe.

Place of Origin: Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Created with information from the British Museum accession record and observations made by the GRASAC research team.

Materials

Inner bark of white cedar, dark brown and medium brown.

Techniques or Format

Woven diagonally.

Motifs and Patterns

The diagonal weave forms a checkerboard pattern. Inside each checkerboard pattern there are three dark brown strips and three light brown strips.

Other Notes

An additional tag made by Christy reads: "basket made of the Inner Bark of the White Cedar (arbor vita), made by the Spanish River Indians."

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Field collected by Henry Christy 1856.

Current Location: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Am.584
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1860s
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Henry Christy
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1856
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected by Henry Christy in 1856. Donated to the British Museum between 1860 and 1869.

GKS Reference Number: 24649
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Anishinaabe artist, bag, large. Currently in the British Museum, Am.584. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 24649.

Record Creation Context

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Record Creation Notes/Observations

researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Alan Corbiere (AC), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).

Approximate Place of Origin

46.1518006285, -82.168974436

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