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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Odawa
Place of Origin:
Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range:
before 1914
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Materials
birchbark; second growth birchbark; sweetgrass; dark thread
Techniques or Format
A circular piece of birchbark with scalloped edges, edged with bunches of sweetgrass wrapped with dark thread.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
collected in 1914
Provenance
Current Location:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
L-84-84
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1936
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
1880-1914
Collection Narratives and Histories
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP)
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25322
Record Creation Context
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 6 2010.