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A small beaded box with beaded handles. Items beaded in this style are known as whimseys and were often made for the Victorian tourist trade. Haudenosaunee. Donated to the Woodland Cultural Centre by George Maracle.
A miniature straw hat. Probably Hodenosaunee and from Six Nations of the Grand River. Acquired by the Woodland Cultural Centre from Deanna Sky in 2003.
A sliver arrow pendant on a chain. Originally a brooch, purchased at Six Nations between 1925 and 1930. Acquired by the Woodland Cultural Centre in 1989 from Mrs. Ola McKin.
A beaded miniature canoe. One side is decorated with a floral motif, and the message "Remember Me 1917" is on the other side. Acquired by the Woodland Cultural Centre from George Maracle in 1994.
A miniature Hodenosaunee cradleboard, assembled with small wooden pegs. Part of the Elliott Moses collection, it was donated to the Woodland Cultural Centre by David Moses in February 1999.
A straw hat. Probably Hodenosaunee and from Six Nations of the Grand River. Acquired by the Woodland Cultural Centre from Deanna Sky in 2003.
A Haudenosaunee strawberry-shaped fancy basket, made of ash. From Six Nations, probably collected in the 1960s or 1970s. This type of basket was often made for the souvenir trade. Collected by Gertrude Kurath, who published studies of Haudenosaunee dance and music,it was acquired by the
This gokbinaagan or kokbinaagan (basket) is made from birchbark and embroidered with moose hair in floral motifs. In 1992, Marshall Joseph Becker gifted this relative to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology where it currently resides.
This relative is a cylindrical birchbark mkak (box) decorated with porcupine quills. It is likely Anishinaabe, possibly from Minnesota. It was collected by Mary and Emma Blakiston around 1910. In 1942, their sister, Anna Blakiston Day, wife of Frank Miles Day, gifted the mkak to
This Anishinaabe mkak (box) is made from birchbark and 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 formally
Seive basket, made using plaiting technique, undecorated
Frame basket, wood splint with handle, rounded bottom
Hickory broom