box, birchbark

box, birchbark

box, birchbark

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

Catalogue card

Place of Origin: Minnesota, USA
Date Made or Date Range: before 1910
Materials

birchbark; beige thread; split root; porcupine quills, natural.

Motifs and Patterns

five-pointed star

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

It was collected around 1910.

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 42-29-46 a-b
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1942
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1900-1910
Collection Narratives and Histories

Mrs. Frank Miles Day

GKS Reference Number: 26634
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