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box, birchbark
box, birchbark
box, birchbark
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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Odawa
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
"Ottawa" on card
Place of Origin:
Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range:
1880-1914
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Materials
birchbark; beige thread; split root (purplish); ash splint; porcupine quills natural and green, pink, purple, orange, red and blue; beige thread
Techniques or Format
Made of birchbark. The root has been sewn on to the box with quills at regular intervals, with double tacks on the upper line of root. On the lid, the quilled criss crosses along the edge do not cover the beige threads fully.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
Gottschall's collection dates
Provenance
Current Location:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
L-84-146 a-b
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1936
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
1880-1914
Collection Narratives and Histories
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP)
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26202
Record Creation Context
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 6 2010.