box, birchbark with sweetgrass

box, birchbark with sweetgrass

box, birchbark with sweetgrass

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Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Odawa
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Catalogue card says it is "Ottawa"

Place of Origin: Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range: before 1914
Materials

birchbark; beige thread; split root; porcupine quills, natural and dyed yellow, green, pink, red, purple

Techniques or Format

The inner panel is slightly higher than the outer panel, and appears to be a darker wood, possibly from a different tree. There is an ash splint sewn to the inside of the box rim. Split root also is used as an edging along the top of the rim, underneath quill criss-crosses. A bit of beige thread is also visible, that has been used to sew the top of the lid to the lid rim.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: L-84-128 a-b
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1936
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1880-1914
Collection Narratives and Histories

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP)

GKS Reference Number: 26491
Record Creation Context

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 6 2010.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Adriana Greci-Green, Stacey Loyer, Coralie Boeykens

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