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This bootaagnaatik, pestle, is tan in colour and made from cleaned maple wood. The bootaagnaatik, pestle, has a drum-shaped striking end that contains cracking on its sides and base, showing its use. This ancestor's handle is cylindrical, but swells in the middle. The finial on
This ancestor is a pendant made from bear claws, glass beads, silk and leather. The large sized beads are opaque blue, black, translucent orange, and black with blue stripes. This ancestor has three bear claws attached, with silk ribbon in a green, red, and purple
This ancestor is a biiskawaagan, coat, made from deerskin, sinew, porcupine quills, glass beads, pigments, tin cones and dyed horse hair. The main body of this ancestor is a tan colour and has a white and red glass beaded edge with loose ends along the
The relative is a finger woven wool sash in multiple colours of yarn, adorned with white pony beads, and has fringes on both ends. It is Ojibwe, probably dating to 1780. The yarn pattern consists of four thinner stripes along the top in brown, red
This ancestor is a pair of gshkidaasebzownan, garters, made from wool and glass beads. Blue, red, white, tan, and ochre in colour, this ancestor has linear blocks of colour along the centre of the garter, with box designs made from white beads interrupting the linear pattern. Along
This ancestor is a small oval shaped bowl that is tan in colour. This mtignaagan is a maple bowl with raised sides, a flat bottom, and a rim around the outer edge. According to the Detroit Institute of Arts curator at the time of viewing
This ancestor is a wooden spoon, made from maple. Dark brown in colour, the bowl of the spoon is a deep oval shape and is stained. The handle on this ancestor is lighter in colour, has a winged base and a curved hook on its
This small mtignaagan, wooden bowl, is crafted from maple burl. It is circular, with shallow sides and a nearly flat bottom. It is connected to Cross Village. It's small size suggests to GRASAC researchers it was likely for personal use (whether for tobacco, medicine or