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Sweetgrass sewing basket. Rectangular base of birchbark and porcupine quill tacks with sweetgrass walls somewhat oval, sewn with black thread. Made by Victoria Shabeno in 1945; collected by Miss June Smith, 1961. Anishinaabe. Possibly from Manitoulin.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range: 1949
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

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Materials

sweetgrass, birch bark, porcupine quills, black thread

Techniques or Format

Rectangular base consisting of two layers of birch bark held together by porcupine quills; walls are somewhat oval and made of coils of sweetgrass sewn together with black thread.

Other Notes

"Sewing basket, sweetgrass. Victoria Shabeno, made by her in 1949. Base of 2 layers of b.b. Quills in base are for stapling not as dec. Walls are of sweetgrass sewn together by black thread. Base of bark. 5 1/4 x 9. June Smith 1961" CMC record

Dimensions: 27 × 16.5 × 9 mm
Condition: good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Made by Victoria Shabeno in 1949, according to notes from collector June Smith.

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-G-455
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: Sept. 1961
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: Summer 1961
GKS Reference Number: 26390
Approximate Place of Origin

44.16098, -91.78108

Source of Information about Places

Possibly Manitoulin: Alan Corbiere says there is a family Shabine at M'Chigeeng, Manitoulin Island; also a Shabeno in Michigan, a Potawatomi who became an Odawa Chief in 19th c. The accession document does not state Manitoulin Isl provenance, but other objects in same grouping do.

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