bitten bark transparency

bitten bark transparency

bitten bark transparency

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Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Minnesota, USA
Materials

birch bark

Techniques or Format

two birch bark sheets, with motifs bitten

Motifs and Patterns

images of female figures standing outside a gable roofed house with door and window; bilaterally symmetrical house and figures indicates three vertical folds were made

Dimensions: 11.5 × 8.5 × 0 cm
Condition: good
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E366459
Collection at Current Location: Frances Densmore Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1933
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Frances Densmore 1927
Collection Narratives and Histories

Frances Densmore 1927

GKS Reference Number: 25646
Approximate Place of Origin

46.7296, -94.6859

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