mokuk; birchbark container
mokuk; birchbark container
mokuk; birchbark container
Mokuk made of birchbark with rim wrapped in spruce root. Unknown substance inside, possibly spruce root dyed dark. Motifs of opposed triangles that form an hourglass shape. Collected by Johann Georg Schwarz, possibly during the winter of 1820-1821.
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Made with birch bark, with an unknown substance inside (possibly spruce root dyed dark).
Rim is wrapped with spruce root.
The two sides are ornamented with opposed triangles to form an hourglass shape. Motif is scratched.
There is an old tag inside that is illegible.
Johann Georg Schwarz collected this item, possibly when he traveled to Detroit and through Upper Canada in the winter of 1820-1821.
Provenance
Johann Georg Schwarz traveled to Detroit and through Upper Canada in the winter of 1820-1821.
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown Anishinaabe artist, mokuk. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 12000. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 58997.