birchbark container (mokuk) with quillwork

birchbark container (mokuk) with quillwork

birchbark container (mokuk) with quillwork

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Introduction

A birchbark mokuk or container, Anishinaabe, Peter Jones Collection

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range: 18300s to 18500s
Materials

birchbark, red (faded), blue (faded. and natural quills, red and blue silk ribbon

Motifs and Patterns

geometric motifs; two beavers, one floral motif on one end

Other Notes

quills haven't been very well flattened

Dimensions: 20.5 × 13.5 × 15.5 cm
Condition: poor, quills missing, silk ribbon handle frayed/fragmentary
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E178394
GKS Reference Number: 26800
Approximate Place of Origin

43.3, -78.1

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