bag, basswood

bag, basswood

bag, basswood

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Introduction

A twined bag made of basswood and nettlestalk fibres. Likely Odawa and made between 1860 and 1939. Purchased by the Pitt Rivers Museum from Chicago-based collector Albert Green Heath in 1939.

Nation of Maker: Odawa Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

The Pitt Rivers Museum Object Catalogue describes this bag as made by the Ottawa Indians of Michigan.

Place of Origin: Michigan, USA
Date Made or Date Range: 1860s to 1939
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Made on site during a GRASAC collaborative collections research trip.

Materials

nettlestalk; basswood; dye, green, orange, purple and red.

Techniques or Format

The warp of this twined bag is untwisted and the weft is two-ply. The warp appears to be nettlestalk and the weft, basswood. Some warps are dyed green, orange, purple and red.

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Based on the dyes used to colour the bag, it was likely made between 1860 and 1939.

Current Location: Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1939.8.37 B
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1939
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Albert Green Heath
Collection Narratives and Histories

This bag was purchased by the Pitt Rivers Museum from Albert Green Heath, a major dealer based in Chicago. Items from Heath are held in a number of American museums (eg. Field Museum, Chicago).

GKS Reference Number: 26411
Record Creation Context

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Record Creation Notes/Observations

researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Al Corbiere (AC), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Laura Peers (LP), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).

Approximate Place of Origin

43.7918, -84.2994

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