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box, birchbark
box, birchbark
box, birchbark
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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
Gottschall lists this item as "Chippewa"
Place of Origin:
Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range:
1880-1914
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Materials
birch bark; sweetgrass; black thread; strings of twisted inner cedar; porcupine quills dyed magenta, green, natural.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
Gottshall collected during this period.
Provenance
Current Location:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
L-84-113
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1936
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
1880-1914
Collection Narratives and Histories
In May 1914 the Gottschall collection was accessioned by the Academy of Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP). Lent to the Uni Museum in 1936, formally gifted in 1991 or 1992.
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26976
Record Creation Context
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 5 2010.