birch bark, natural; sinew; wood

tied with sinew to wooden slats (split)

sacred, possibly record of one degree Midewiwin thickness of lines might indicate ease or hardship in getting between the places that lines connect to.

AC, DP; This record does not include a description and the discussion due to the cultural sensitivity of the item. PMC record says: "Chippewa bark scroll, record of one degree Midewiwin, Leach Lake Reservation, Minnesota."

Cory Willmott, Alan Corbiere, Adrianna Grecci Green and David Penney conducted research on site at the Peabody Museum for Archaeology and Ethnology in July 2007 with help from Susan Haskell and Patricia Capone of the PMAE. Cory Willmott's research was funded by a grant from the American Philosophical Society. Al Corbiere was supported through Ruth Phillips's SSHRC Canada Research Chair Funding. An internal grant from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville provided Cory with an RA, Ceara Horsley, for 2009 and 2010 to work on GRASAC data entry. (CW & CH)