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Anishinaabe birch bark container with lid, with geese and thistle motifs scraped into bark. Collected at Tamagami, Nipissing district, Ontario; made in 1914, purchased by museum in 1946.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

catalog record

Place of Origin: Temagami First Nation
Date Made or Date Range: 1914
Materials

birch bark, spruce root, wood splint, leather thong

Techniques or Format

single piece of bark sewn into box with spruce root. Intaglio designs- geese on box and thistle on lid. Lid is attached with hide thong; note on bottom of lid: "Temagami Band/ Ojibwe/ F.G.S. 1914/ Goose figures"; hide handle; loose spruce roots kept inside; not in pencil on bottom side of container "Temagami"

Motifs and Patterns

geese and thistle

Dimensions: 15.24 × 12.383 × 10.795 cm
Condition: good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

note on bottom of container has date: 1914

Current Location: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E26284
GKS Reference Number: 45091
Record Creation Context

Visit to Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA) of Wahsontiio Cross and Alexandra Nahwegahbow, assisted by Eric Wohlin on 10 August 2015.

Approximate Place of Origin

46.98095, -80.07532

Source of Information about Places

Note on bottom of lid: "Temagami Band/ Ojibwe/ F.G.S. 1914/ Goose figures"

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