box, birchbark

box, birchbark

box, birchbark

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

The region is listed as "Ottawa" on the catalogue card.

Date Made or Date Range: before 1914
Materials

birchbark; sweetgrass; black thread; basswood or cedar; porcupine quills natural and dyed pink, green, orange, red, yellow and blue.

Condition: A tassel once attached to the box has since fallen off, but is kept inside the box.
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: L-84-125 a-b
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1936
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1880-1936
Collection Narratives and Histories

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP)

GKS Reference Number: 26448
Record Creation Context

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 7 2010.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

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