Birchbark container

Birchbark container

Birchbark container

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Anishinaabe birchbark container decorated with bird and floral motifs in dyed porcupine quills. Panels sewn together with spruce root and lined with paper. The lid is held on with silk ribbon.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

catalog data: "Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) artist"

Date Made or Date Range: ca. 1831
Materials

birch bark, porcupine quills (white, dyed med. blue, green, lt. blue, ochre, lt. green) ,spruce root, wood splint, silk ribbon (med. blue), paper lining

Techniques or Format

birch bark panels sewn together into hexagonal shape with spruce root; porcupine quill embroidered designs and decorative stitching between panels; lid is held onto container with silk ribbon

Motifs and Patterns

floral and bird motifs

Dimensions: 12.7 × 21.59 × 0 cm
Condition: very good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

catalog data

Current Location: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E53440
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1976
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Deposit of the Andover Newton Theological School, 1976 (catalog data)
GKS Reference Number: 45064
Record Creation Context

Visit to Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA) of Wahsontiio Cross and Alexandra Nahwegahbow, assisted by Eric Wohlin on 10 August 2015.

Approximate Place of Origin

44.736, -88.788

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