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box, miniature oval birch bark with moosehair embroidery
box, miniature oval birch bark with moosehair embroidery
box, miniature oval birch bark with moosehair embroidery
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Introduction
A Huron-Wendat miniature oval birchbark box with lid, embroidered with moosehair, bought at Niagara Falls. Probably made during the mid-nineteenth century.
Nation of Maker:
Huron-Wendat
Nation of Origin
Stylistic features.
Date Made or Date Range:
1840s-1860s
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative
Museum documentation and the GRASAC research team.
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Materials
birch bark; moosehair, natural and dyed green, pinkish/red, yellow, and orange; black thread.
Techniques or Format
Made of birch bark. Decorated with moosehair embroidery and bundled moosehair edging.
Motifs and Patterns
The box is decorated with floral, leaf and berry motifs.
Additional Context
The motifs on top could represent a strawberry fruit and flower.
Dimensions:
5 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
This style of embroidery was popular in the mid-nineteenth century.
Provenance
Current Location:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
42-18-2 A, B
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1942
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26398
Record Creation Context
GRASAC research visit by David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009
Approximate Place of Origin
43.7918, -84.2994
Source of Information about Places
Stylistic features.