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mokuk; birchbark container
mokuk; birchbark container
mokuk; birchbark container
Mokuk made of one piece of folded birchbark and an attached lid. Quillwork in chained diamond patterns one side of the container, and four hourglass motifs on the other side. On the the lid, quill work is in a line of chained diamonds with a zigzag on either side. Collected by Johann Georg Schwarz in the 1820s, this item is currently housed at the Weltmuseum Wien, Austria.
Autumn Epple theorizes based on style and materials, as well as similar mokuks collected by Schwarz, that this object was made by the Odawa.
GRASAC research notes created during an onsite visit to Weltmuseum in January of 2016.
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Birchbark, porcupine quills, thread, splint along rim.
One piece of folded birchbark and an attached lid; sides have vertical seam; sewn together with thread.
Chained diamonds on one side; lid central line of chained diamonds with zigzag on either side; on other side with 4 hourglass motifs.
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 Odawa artist, mokuk. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 12039. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59016.
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 December of 2021 by GRASAC RA Aidan Mitchell-Boudreau.