basket, sweetgrass

basket, sweetgrass

basket, sweetgrass

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Lidded basket made with strands of coiled sweetgrass with interwoven dyed porcupine quills and secured with black cotton thread. The top of the lid is made of birchbark and is decorated with a quilled design of a small purple turtle. Created in 1996, the basket was made by Adeline Noack, a member of the Odawa Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; and the quillwork was made by Adeline's daughter, Lynn Noack, who was likely a member of the Oneida Nation, Wisconsin. Collected by Pieter Hovens during a field trip in 1996.

Nation of Maker: Oneida Odawa
Nation of Origin

Museum documentation indicates: "Chippewa, Oneida Indian Reservation, Wisconsin". The basketmaker Adeline Noack was a member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians; and it is likely that her daughter, Lynn Noack was a member of the Oneida nation through Adeline's husband.

Place of Origin: Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
Date Made or Date Range: 1996
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation, as well as further research on artist Lynn Noack, GRASAC generated

Materials

sweetgrass; birchbark; porcupine quills dyed purple; black cotton thread

Techniques or Format

This basket is made with strands of coiled sweetgrass with interwoven porcupine quills dyed purple and is secured with black cotton thread. The body of the basket has a smaller "neck" or "opening", and a "belly" that widens through the middle. The top of the lid, and the base of the basket are made of small discs of birchbark secured to the sweetgrass with black cotton thread. The top of the lid is decorated with a quilled design of a small purple turtle.

Motifs and Patterns

Small purple turtle against a natural birchbark background.

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 7.5 cm
Condition: Excellent
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Museum documentation

Current Location: Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, Netherlands
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 5852-31
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1996
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Pieter Hovens
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1996
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected by Pieter Hovens during a field trip in 1996

GKS Reference Number: 25538
Approximate Place of Origin

44.49789791, -88.19115

Source of Information about Places

Museum documentation indicates: "Wisconsin"

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