gokbinaagan, basket

gokbinaagan, basket

gokbinaagan, basket

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Introduction

This relative is an Anishinaabe bottle necked gokbinaagan (basket) with lid made from wiigwaas (birchbark) and sweetgrass. Although the precise origins of this gokbinaagan are not certain, it was made prior to 1905.

This gokbinaagan was collected by Amos H. Gottschall between 1871 and 1905. Gottschall's collection was likely left to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) sometime before 1937. ANS formally gifted the collection to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1997, where this relative currently resides.

Name of Maker(s): Maker Unrecorded
Maker role: Artist
Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Ojibwe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

The catalogue card indicates the basket is Ojibwe.

Place of Origin: Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range: Before 1905
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

The information in this record is based on museum documentation.

Materials

birchbark; sweetgrass

Techniques or Format

The bottle necked basket and lid are made from sweetgrass with a birchbark bottom and a handle.

Dimensions: 10 × 10 × 8 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Gottschall collected between 1871 and 1905.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 97-85-485A (basket); 97-85-485B (basket lid); L-85-485A-B (old museum numbers); 18022 (ANS number); I 1663 (Gottschall number)
Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/271107
Collection at Current Location: Amos H. Gottschall Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1997
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997.
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1871 to 1905
Collection Narratives and Histories

This relative was collected by Amos H. Gottschall between 1871 and 1905. His collection was likely left to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) sometime before 1937. ANS formally gifted the collection to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1997, where this relative currently resides.

Source for Provenance information

Museum documentation.

Publication History

Gottschall, Amos H. Priced and Descriptive Catalogue of the Utensils, Implements, Weapons, Ornaments, Etc., of the Indians, Mound Builders, Cliff Dwellers: Typical Collections No. 1. 1909. (See: I 1663).

GKS Reference Number: 26756
How to Cite this Item

Maker, Name unrecorded. Gokbinaagan, basket, sweetgrass. GRASAC ID 26756. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 97-85-485A & 97-85-485B.

Record Creation Context

This information was gathered during a research visit to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, on May 5, 2010.
This record was augmented by Joy Kruse on March 16, 2025.

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