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container, birchbark
container, birchbark
container, birchbark
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Introduction
A birchbark container (mokuk) from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg. Sewn with spruce root and ornamented with scraped floral and lozenge motifs on one side. Field collected by Frank Speck.
Nation of Maker:
Algonquin
Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin
Museum documentation
Place of Origin:
Kitigan Zibi (River Desert)
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative
GRASAC generated
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Materials
birchbark; spruce root; hide thong tie (moose or deer?); wooden splint rim
Techniques or Format
Sewn with spruce roots, rim wrapped with spruce root
Motifs and Patterns
Stylized floral elements and lozenge shapes
Dimensions:
16.5 × 15 × 16.8 cm
Provenance
Current Location:
Denver Art Museum, CO, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
1938.104
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1938
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Purchased from Frank Speck
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25888
Record Creation Context
Visit to Denver Art Museum of Alex Nahwegahbow and Ruth Phillips, assisted by Eric Berkemeyer and Kristin Strid on 22 Jan 2014
Approximate Place of Origin
46.3612, -75.9567
Source of Information about Places
Museum documentation