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box, birchbark
box, birchbark
box, birchbark
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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Odawa
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
The region is listed as "Ottawa" on the catalogue card.
Date Made or Date Range:
before 1914
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Materials
birchbark; sweetgrass; black thread; basswood or cedar; porcupine quills natural and dyed pink, green, orange, red, yellow and blue.
Condition:
A tassel once attached to the box has since fallen off, but is kept inside the box.
Provenance
Current Location:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
L-84-125 a-b
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1936
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
1880-1936
Collection Narratives and Histories
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP)
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26448
Record Creation Context
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 7 2010.
Record Creation Notes/Observations
Researchers present: Adriana Greci-Green, David Penny, Stacey Loyer, Coralie Boeykens