box, birchbark

box, birchbark

box, birchbark

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Introduction

An incised birchbark panel. Anishinaabe, circa 1890.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

catalogue says "Ojibwe or Minnesota"

Date Made or Date Range: 1890s
Materials

birch bark, red ochre or vermillion

Techniques or Format

incising on one side only; white marks, possibly tape, on the other side.

Additional Context

RP says this is possibly a teaching document related to the master of animals. The way that the animals are lined up, almost hierarchically, suggests this.

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: T629
Collection Narratives and Histories

Foster Damily, Minnesota; Ralph E. Olson, Deerfield, Illinois

Publication History

Thaw catalogue p.62

GKS Reference Number: 25247
Record Creation Context

created before Otsego Institute May 23 2010 at Fenimore Art Museum