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birchbark basket
birchbark basket
birchbark basket
Birchbark basket with floral quillwork on all sides, some featuring hearts. Originally collected by Johann Georg Schwarz in the 1820s.
Autumn Epple theorizes based on style and materials that this object was made by the Odawa.
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Made with birchbark, porcupine quills, and thread.
There are 4 pieces of birchbark bent to make up the sides and one inset to make the bottom.
Features floral motifs with hearts on all sides.
Johann Georg Schwarz collected this item, possibly when he traveled to Detroit and through Upper Canada in the winter of 1820-1821.
Provenance
Johann Georg Schwarz traveled to Detroit and through Upper Canada in the winter of 1820-1821.
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown Odawa artist, birchbark basket. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 12034. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59011.
In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in December 2021 by GRASAC RA Amelia Healey.
46.8139, -71.208
No region noted on tag.