birchbark bowl
birchbark bowl
birchbark bowl
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Place of Origin:
Minnesota, USA
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Materials
birch bark, wooden splint, unknown wrapping material and sewing fibre (Myna and Theadore Toulose did not think they were spruce root
Techniques or Format
folded sheet of birch bark, sides slant out, seams at corners; designs are dark outer layer of bark scraped away to make floral motifs (Mr. and Mrs. Toulose doubted that this was done by scraping, but Ruth Phillips thinks knife marks are visible from the scraping tool)
Motifs and Patterns
floral
Dimensions:
21.5 × 14.5 × 8.5 mm
Provenance
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
E336606
Collection at Current Location:
Frances Densmore Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1927
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25303