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Basket made with plaiting technique, decorated with interwoven orange horizontal strands around center of basket, handle over top
This Anishinaabe mkak (box) is made from birchbark with a floral design made from multi-colored quillwork. It was collected by Amos H. Gottschall between 1871 and 1905. His collection was likely left to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) sometime before 1937. ANS
This Anishinaabe mkak (box) is made from birchbark with a floral design made from quillwork. It was collected by Amos H. Gottschall between 1871 and 1905. His collection was likely left to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) sometime before 1937. ANS formally
This Anishinaabe mkak (box) is made from birchbark and sweetgrass, decorated with quillwork in floral motifs. It was collected in Northern Michigan by Amos H. Gottschall between 1871 and 1905. His collection was likely left to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) sometime
This Anishinaabe mkak (box) is made from birchbark and sweetgrass, decorated with quillwork. It was collected in Northern Michigan by Amos H. Gottschall between 1871 and 1905. His collection was likely left to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) sometime before 1937. ANS
Rectangular plaited basket, undecorated
Ojibwe wooden drum beater with top shaped like a horse head. Painted green with incised details on head and handgrip carved into handle. Similar, but not identical to P0383B. Part of the Pearsall Collection, acquired in 1963.
Bark basket, bark is dark in color but decorative lines are light in color
Small basket, made with plaiting technique, handle woven in
Deep, rectangular basket made with plaited technique, undecorated
This Anishinaabe mkak (box) is made from birchbark and decorated with natural porcupine quills and split. It was collected in Northern Michigan by Amos H. Gottschall between 1871 and 1905. His collection was likely left to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) sometime
Large rectangular basket, undecorated, made using plaiting technique
This Anishinaabe mkak (box/container) is made from elmbark. It was collected in Northern Michigan by Amos H. Gottschall between 1871 and 1905. His collection was likely left to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) sometime before 1937. ANS formally gifted the collection to
This Anishinaabe mkak (box) is made from birchbark and sewn together with thread. It was collected in Northern Michigan by Amos H. Gottschall between 1871 and 1905. His collection was likely left to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) sometime before 1937. ANS
Small basket made using plaiting technique, handle woven in
Beaded Bandolier bag with a geometric zig-zag pattern and diamond-shaped pattern on the strap. Floral double curve motif beadwork on the green velvet middle section, and a geometric-floral interpretation on the pouch area.
A birchbark and sweetgrass tray. Anishinaabe or Odawa, from Northern Michigan. Collected by Amos H. Gotschall between 1880 and 1914. Acquired by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) in 1914. Lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936
This relative is a birchbark mkak (box) decorated with porcupine quillwork in floral designs. It was made by Ojibwe-Euro-American writer Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (Bamewawagezhikaquay) or her daughter, Jane Susan Ann Schoolcraft. According to the accompanying label, Schoolcraft's daughter filled this mkak with maple sugar and