container with lid

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Introduction

Birch bark container with lid, decorated with porcupine quillwork and lined with newspaper dated 1833. Four possible heron doodem track mark images on lid.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe

Nation of Origin

Four possible heron doodem track mark images on lid.

Date Made or Date Range: Early 19 C to Mid 19 C

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Written by Heidi Bohaker following site visit January 8, 2016.

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Materials

Birch bark; porcupine quills; paper; spruce root

Motifs and Patterns

Geometric; four possible heron mark images on lid.

Additional Context

4 possible track marks of heron, suggestive of heron doodem (see sample doodem images uploaded for comparison).

Condition: Fair, some quillwork damage, but structurally intact. Paper used as an earlier repair of inner sleeve.

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

Early, old. Stylistic comparison.

Provenance

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 997.150.2 1 and 2

About This GRASAC Record

GKS Reference Number: 45049

How to Cite this Item

Unknown Anishinaabe artist, container with lid. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 997.150.2 1 and 2. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip October 2014; GRASAC item id 45049.

Record Creation Context

Record created as part of a site visit to the ROM with students Naomi Recollet and Zachary Smith. Tracey F, ROM curatorial technician, also present.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

Collected from near Orillia according to ROM records.

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