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mat, birchbark and sweetgrass
mat, birchbark and sweetgrass
mat, birchbark and sweetgrass
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Introduction
A birchbark and sweetgrass tray. Anishinaabe or Odawa.
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Odawa
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
Listed as "Chippewa" on card.
Place of Origin:
Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range:
before 1914
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Materials
birchbark; sweetgrass; black thread; porcupine quills dyed green, pink, purple, and natural
Techniques or Format
A centre piece of birchbark, circular with scalloped edges. Decorated with an edging made from bunches of sweetgrass wrapped with black thread, circular and undulating line.
Motifs and Patterns
Floral motifs.
Condition:
Poor. A lot of quill loss.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
Gottschall collected between 1880-1914.
Provenance
Current Location:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
L-84-93
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1936
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
1880-1914
Collection Narratives and Histories
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP)
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25043
Record Creation Context
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 6 2010.