cradleboards, model birch bark (2)

cradleboards, model birch bark (2)

cradleboards, model birch bark (2)

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Two model cradleboards of birchbark and sweetgrass. Anishinnabe, Odawa. Collected by Amos H. Gottschall between 1880 and 1920. Acquired by the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science and later, lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Odawa
Nation of Origin

The collector provided the identification of Northern Michigan, Ottawa.

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation.

Materials

birch bark; sweetgrass; black cotton thread; cotton or silken thread tassels.

Techniques or Format

Each cradleboard is made from a piece of birch bark with a scalloped top, edged with bunches of sweetgrass tacked down with black thread. Both have sweetgrass supports and two silken or cotton tassels, attached to either side of the support.

Original and Subsequent Uses

Made as toys or souvenirs.

Dimensions: 21.5 × 10 × 0 cm
Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: L-84-97, L-84-98
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1942
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Gotschall Collection
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1880s-1910s
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected by Amos H. Gottschall. Acquired by the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, then lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

GKS Reference Number: 26231
Record Creation Context

GRASAC study visit, participants: David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009

Approximate Place of Origin

43.7918, -84.2994

Source of Information about Places

Collector's identification.

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