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box, birchbark
box, birchbark
box, birchbark
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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Odawa
Place of Origin:
Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range:
before 1914
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Materials
birchbark; sweetgrass; black thread; porcupine quills natural and dyed green, orange, magenta, pink; cedar or basswood tassels.
Motifs and Patterns
Floral and circles
Provenance
Current Location:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
L-84-107
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:
26314
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