box, birchbark

box, birchbark

box, birchbark

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

listed as "Ojibwe" on catalogue card

Date Made or Date Range: before 1969
Materials

birchbark; sweetgrass; black thread, faded to green in some areas; beige thread; cattail or similar material; porcupine quills natural and possibly purple, but now faded.

Techniques or Format

Made from two different kinds of birchbark, one used on the inside and one on the outside. Sweetgrass is wrapped in black thread, around the lid top to create the sides of the lid. A single line of quills have been added into the sweetgrass bunches framing the top of the lid.

Motifs and Patterns

leaf and five-pointed star

Condition: Much quill loss
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Purchased in 1969

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 70-9-59
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1969
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: before 1969
Collection Narratives and Histories

Samuel Pennypacker collected for Frank Speck. Acquired by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1969.

GKS Reference Number: 26225
Record Creation Context

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 6 2010.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Adriana Greci-Green, Stacey Loyer, Coralie Boeykens

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