box, birchbark

box, birchbark

box, birchbark

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

Gottschall attributes this box to the "Chippewa."

Place of Origin: Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range: 1880-1914
Materials

birchbark, sweetgrass; twisted inner cedar bark string and tassels; porcupine quills dyed green, orange/red, natural.

Techniques or Format

A box in the shape of a truncated pyramid.
Some of the cedar bark tassel is dyed red.

Motifs and Patterns

Floral motifs

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

This is the date range when Gottschall collected

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: L-84-112
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1936
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1880-1914
Collection Narratives and Histories

In May 1914 the Gottschall collection was accessioned by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP). Lent to the Uni Museum in 1936, formally gifted in 1991 or 1992.

GKS Reference Number: 26618
Record Creation Context

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 5 2010.

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