Birchbark panel

Birchbark panel

Birchbark panel

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Introduction

A birchbark panel, Anishinaabe, collected by W.J. Hoffman at White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. Identified as a song for hunting charm medicine

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range: 1889
Materials

birchbark and red pigment with a pinky rose tint, probably vermillion

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date of Hoffman's fieldwork

Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E153147
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1891
GKS Reference Number: 24857
Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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