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mokuk; birchbark container
mokuk; birchbark container
mokuk; birchbark container
Mokuk made of birchbark with porcupine quills and black thread. There are floral motifs on two sides, with a heart motif on the lid. Filled with maple sugar. Originally collected by Johann Georg Schwarz, it is currently housed at the Weltmuseum Wien, Austria.
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Made of birch bark, porcupine quills, black thread along lid.
Folded birch bark exterior. The sides are stitched together rather than folded in a typical way, possibly a Menomeni technique?
Floral motifs on the sides, with hearts on the lid.
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, 11998. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 58999.
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.