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Introduction

Drawn and engraved design of water spirit or water being doodem on wood. Text written in ink and graphite on both sides of the small wooden panel includes: "Kathio"; "Ojibwa O-do-daim un / from / Kathio After / Sagutchu / 1901"; "J.V.B."; "Anawash". Anishinaabe, made in 1901. Part of a museum exchange with the Minnesota Historical Society.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Writing on object indicates "Ojibwa"

Date Made or Date Range: 1901
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

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Materials

wood; ink; graphite

Techniques or Format

Water being is engraved on one side of carved wooden panel then filled in with ink, also coloured in with crosshatching. Designs and lettering on both sides of wooden panel have been done with ink and graphite.

Motifs and Patterns

Water being with tail, feet, hands, possibly scales, and long hair. On front with water spirit in ink: [possibly script, unreadable] / "Kathio." On back in ink: "Ojibwa O-do-daim un / from / Kathio After / Sagutchu / 1901" "J.V.B." "Anawash O-do-daim-un"; upside down in ink "Top"; in graphite "An-a-wash" "A-na-wash"

Additional Context

Water spirit as possibly nibiinaabe(?). Text indicates "O-do-daim un" [odoodeman], possible identification of merman clan/doodem(?)

Dimensions: 35.5 × 7 × 0 cm
Condition: Good.
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Museum documentation

Current Location: Denver Art Museum, CO, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1966.384
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1966
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Museum exchange with Minnesota Historical Society
Collection Narratives and Histories

Museum exchange with Minnesota Historical Society

GKS Reference Number: 26446
Record Creation Context

Visit to Denver Art Museum of Alex Nahwegahbow and Ruth Phillips, assisted by Eric Berkemeyer and Kristin Strid on 21 Jan 2014.

Copyright

Work in Progress.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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