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.

Place of Origin: Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA

Date Made or Date Range: before 1914

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Materials

birchbark; sweetgrass; black thread; split root, purple; porcupine quills, natural and dyed orange, blue, purple, pink and green.

Motifs and Patterns

floral and diamonds

Provenance

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: ANSP no. 18102; Gottschall no. 298

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: 26457

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