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mokuk, birchbark basket
mokuk, birchbark basket
mokuk, birchbark basket
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Introduction
An Anishinaabe birchbark mokuk embroidered with porcupine quills in floral designs. Collected in 1830 by missionaries from the Andover Newton Theological School.
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)
See catalogue card.
Date Made or Date Range:
1830
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative
Museum documentation.
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Materials
birchbark, porcupine quills, root, paper
Techniques or Format
The mokuk is made of folded birchbark with an unusual side fold pattern. It is lined with paper and embroidered with porcupine quillwork.
Motifs and Patterns
floral
Condition:
The lid is warped.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
Based on museum documentation.
Provenance
Current Location:
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
E53456
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1976
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
1830
Collection Narratives and Histories
Andover Newton Theological School
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25085
Record Creation Context
Research visit by Ruth Phillips working with Karen Kramer Russell and Madeleine Kropa.
Approximate Place of Origin