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box, birchbark with moosehair
box, birchbark with moosehair
box, birchbark with moosehair
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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Huron-Wendat
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
catalogue card says "Chippewa" but the decoration looks Huron
Date Made or Date Range:
before 1939
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Materials
birch bark, black cotton thread (very fine), moosehair
Techniques or Format
Octogonal. Very fine moosehair. Also moosehair around the edges.
Motifs and Patterns
Strawberry plant around which is a decorative circle motif.
Condition:
Some braking of the moosehair, somewhat faded in colour but still quite lovely.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
collected in 1939
Provenance
Current Location:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
39-18-21
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1939
Collection Narratives and Histories
Robert Frazier
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26467
Record Creation Notes/Observations
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 5 2010.