bitten bark transparency

bitten bark transparency

bitten bark transparency

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Introduction

Anishinaabe bitten birch transparency from Minnesota collected by Frances Densmore in the 1920s. Image is a figure inside a wigwam and a horned figure outside.

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

birch bark

Techniques or Format

thin sheet of birch bark, pattern made by biting; two images are bilaterally symmetrical indicating two vertical folds were made

Motifs and Patterns

figure inside a wigwam and a horned figure outside

Dimensions: 11 × 8 × 0 cm
Condition: very good
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E366457
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

Sources to Learn More

Illustrated Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 15, Northeast, Figure 11, pg. 751

GKS Reference Number: 26318
Approximate Place of Origin

46.7296, -94.6859

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