container, birchbark

container, birchbark

container, birchbark

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

Described on the card as "Chippewa"

Place of Origin: Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range: before 1914
Materials

second growth birchbark; sweetgrass; black thread; basswood or cedar tassels and twine; porcupine quills, dyed green.

Techniques or Format

Made of birch bark panels, joined by sweetgrass bunches.
It is in the shape of a purse, with braided sweetgrass handles, attached to the container with a double-loop pattern. The lid is tacked shut. There is one porcupine quill (dyed green) tack.

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

Gottschall collected between 1880-1914.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: L-84-69
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 of 1914 the Gottschall collection was accessioned by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP). Lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936, and formally gifted in 1991 or 1992.

GKS Reference Number: 26906
Record Creation Context

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 6 2010.

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