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Sweetgrass basket with a floral design embroidered in quills on birch bark lid. Bought by Ronald McDonald from Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island, Donor bought basket in 1919 from "Ottawa Ojibwa Indians."

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Manitowaning, ON
Date Made or Date Range: before 1919
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

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Materials

sweetgrass, birch bark, porcupine quills, sting

Techniques or Format

wall made of coils of sweetgrass, base and lid of two pieces of birch bark; In the middle of the wall the horizontal lying coils are replaced by a wave-like arrangement of a single coil row

Motifs and Patterns

porcupine quill decoration (flower) on the lid

Other Notes

basket is rectangular with rounded rim and lid; string handles carry the basket; handle of cedar two ply twine, sewn with black thread

A label in the basket states "Donated to museum by Mr. Ronald McDonald, Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island, 6 July 1961. Basket bought from Indians of ares (Ottawa-Ojibwa) 1919. Birch bark lid and base, sweetgrass walls, and lid decoration of porcupine quills." "Ronald McDonald Mani[toulin or towaning]" is inscribed on the bottom.

Dimensions: 22 × 14.7 × 7 cm
Condition: lid is in poor condition
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

collected in 1919

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-G-479
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: Sept 1961
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Ronald McDonald
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1919
Collection Narratives and Histories

(Smith) "Birch bark box purchased from Indian of the area in 1919"

A label in the basket states "Donated to museum by Mr. Ronald McDonald, Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island, 6 July 1961. Basket bought from Indians of ares (Ottawa-Ojibwa) 1919.

GKS Reference Number: 24964
Approximate Place of Origin

45.7364, -81.8031

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