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mokuk; birchbark container
mokuk; birchbark container
mokuk; birchbark container
Mokuk made of birchbark, porcupine quills, and dyed vegetable fibre or buffalo hair. Geometric patterns appear on two sides, with floral designs on the lid. Collected by Johann Georg Schwarz.
Tag on item reads "1881 Menomeni"
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Made of birchbark, porcupine quills. Possibly includes vegetable fibre black dyed or buffalo hair to tack seams together on the side.
Folded birch bark exterior. The sides are stitched together rather than folded in a typical way, possibly a Menomeni technique?
Geometric motifs on two sides, with the top stylized with floral designs.
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 Menomeni artist, mokuk. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 11964. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 58998.
In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in November 2021 by GRASAC RA Amelia Healey.