bag, cedar bark

bag, cedar bark

bag, cedar bark

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Introduction

This relative is an Anishinaabe woven cedar bark bag. It is decorated with a diminishing chevron pattern. It was collected by Amos H. Gottschall at Red Lake Minnesota between 1871 and 1902. Upon his death, his collection was likely left to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) in 1937. ANS gifted the collection to the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1997, where it currently resides. 

Name of Maker(s): Unrecorded
Maker role: Artist
Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

This nation attribution is based on museum documentation.

Place of Origin: Red Lake Nation, Miskwaagamiiwi-Zaagaiganing
Date Made or Date Range: 1850s to 1900s
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

The information in this record is from museum documentation.

Materials

cedar bark; black pigment.

Techniques or Format

The bag is woven from strips of cedar bark.

Motifs and Patterns

This bag is decorated with black and tan diagonal checkerwork which forms diminishing chevron patterns.

Dimensions: 35.5 × 28.8 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

This attribution is based on the period when Gottschall was in the area where this bag was collected.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 97-85-481 (museum number); L85-481 (old museum number); 17959 (ANS number); II 420 (Gottschall number)
Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/341345
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1997
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Collection Narratives and Histories

This bag was collected by Amos H. Gottschall at Red Lake Minnesota between 1871 and 1902. Upon his death, his collection was likely left to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) in 1937. ANS gifted the collection to the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1997, where it currently resides.

Publication History

Gottschall, Amos H. Priced and Descriptive Catalogue of the Utensils, Implements, Weapons, Ornaments, Etc., of the Indians, Mound Builders, Cliff Dwellers: Typical Collections No. 2. 1909. (See: II 420)

GKS Reference Number: 26477
How to Cite this Item

Maker, Name unrecorded. Bag, cedar bark. GRASAC ID 26477. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 97-85-481.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

This record was augmented by Joy Kruse on August 9, 2024.

Approximate Place of Origin

48.053019915, -95.00786709

Source of Information about Places

Museum documentation.

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