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container, birch bark
container, birch bark
container, birch bark
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Introduction
Birch bark container. Collected by Mrs. J Smaltz in 1908 from Lake Temagami, Bear Island.
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
collector's card
Date Made or Date Range:
before 1908
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Materials
birch bark, spruce, commercially-tanned buckskin thong
Techniques or Format
sgraffito technique with floral and maple-leaf design.
Motifs and Patterns
floral and maple-leaf design
Condition:
there is a crack on the bottom.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
collected in 1908
Provenance
Current Location:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
58-34-7 c
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1958
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
1908
Collection Narratives and Histories
bequest by Mrs. J. Smaltz
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26831
Record Creation Context
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 5 2010.