Birchbark mat was made with sweetgrass, porcupine quills and cotton thread. The bark cutouts were sewn together and then trimmed with a zigzag sweetgrass border. Object file states item was from "Chippewas of Minnesota." Item was made before 11/1/1932 when it was bought for $700 by collector Wm. R. Faribault who was a member of the Missouri Historical Society.
Round birch bark cutout sewn to a similar liner (grain same direction) with black thread and trimmed with sweetgrass. Zigzag sweetgrass edging with outer circle edging. "Jay" (?) penciled on bottom. Green red and undyed quills inserted in upper bark; liner is tacked with quills.
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