mokuk, birch bark container

mokuk, birch bark container

mokuk, birch bark container

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Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Bkejwanong Territory (Walpole Island First Nation)
Date Made or Date Range: before 1913
Materials

birch bark, basswood strips, wooden splint

Techniques or Format

folded bark sewn around base and sides, rim sewn to top with basswood strips, unlined

Motifs and Patterns

Recto four elemental pinwheels, Verso vertical and horizontal zig zag lines

Condition: three locally made repairs of holes in the bark apparently at time of manufacture
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E278120
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1913
Collection Narratives and Histories

Frances Densmore

GKS Reference Number: 25724
Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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