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box, birch bark
box, birch bark
box, birch bark
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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin
DIA catalogue record
Place of Origin:
Wisconsin, USA
Date Made or Date Range:
late 1800s to early 1900s
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Materials
Birch bark, sweetgrass, spruce? root
Techniques or Format
Square birch bark box with hinged lid and latch closure. The edges are finished with open coiled bunched sweetgrass. Made of three pieces: bottom, sides, and lid. Motif formed by incision and removal of upper layer, as with northern Algonkin mukuks.
Motifs and Patterns
Each square side of the box is constructed of two colors (light and dark) of bark in two triangular segments.
Dimensions:
0 × 0 × 2.5 in
Provenance
Current Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
99.5B4761
Collection at Current Location:
Frederick K. Stearns Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1899
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Frederick K. Stearns
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
27240
Approximate Place of Origin