Birch bark panel lined with red silk, embroidered with moose hair. Floral patterns. Panel has been cut in half, other half is missing. "Emily S. Johnson/ 1854" written in ink on the red silk lining of the portfolio cover.
Date Made or Date Range:
1854
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Materials
Birch bark, silk, moose hair.
Techniques or Format
Birch bark panel lined with red silk, embroidered with moose hair
Motifs and Patterns
Floral
Description of Writing/Text
"Emily S. Johnson/ 1854" written in ink on the red silk lining of the portfolio cover
Dimensions:
35 × 27 × 0 cm
Condition:
Poor, the portfolio cover have been cut into two and only one side is now in the ROM collection.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
Emily S. Johnson/ 1854" written in ink on the red silk lining of the portfolio cover.
Unknown artist, birch bark panel from portfolio. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 922.1.82. Item described as part of a GRASAC research trip October 2014; GRASAC item id 27334.
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