Birch bark patterns for beadwork

Birch bark patterns for beadwork

Birch bark patterns for beadwork

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Introduction

Birch bark cutouts of flowers and leaves used to trace beadwork patterns, with a birch bark folder. Collected by Frances Densmore in the 1920s.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Minnesota, USA
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

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Materials

birch bark

Techniques or Format

Cut from thin sheets of birch bark

Motifs and Patterns

flowers, leaves, tulips

Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E349690
Sources to Learn More

Densmore, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, BAE 44th Annual Report, pg 390, plate 57

GKS Reference Number: 1070
Approximate Place of Origin

42.3314, -83.0458

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