box, birchbark

box, birchbark

box, birchbark

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Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Odawa
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

"Ottawa" on card

Date Made or Date Range: 1880-1914
Materials

birchbark; beige thread; split root (purplish); ash splint; porcupine quills natural and green, pink, purple, orange, red and blue; beige thread

Techniques or Format

Made of birchbark. The root has been sewn on to the box with quills at regular intervals, with double tacks on the upper line of root. On the lid, the quilled criss crosses along the edge do not cover the beige threads fully.

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

Gottschall's collection dates

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: L-84-146 a-b
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)

GKS Reference Number: 26202
Record Creation Context

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 6 2010.