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Introduction

A birchbark and sweetgrass tray. Anishinaabe or Odawa, from Northern Michigan. Collected by Amos H. Gotschall between 1880 and 1914. Acquired by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) in 1914. Lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936, and formally gifted to the museum in 1991 or 1992.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Odawa
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

"Chippewa" on card.

Place of Origin: Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range: before 1914
Materials

second growth birch bark; birchbark; sweetgrass; olive green thread; wooden splint, purple

Techniques or Format

A circular bottom panel of birchbark, with the second growth piece on the inside, edged with a purple splint, followed by rows of bunched sweetgrass wrapped with thread. There is one row of zig-zag sweetgrass bunches. The last row of bunched sweetgrass also contains a line of purple splint.

Other Notes

this tray is a pair - with L-84-139

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: L-84-140
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1936
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1880-1914
Collection Narratives and Histories

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP)

GKS Reference Number: 25411
Record Creation Context

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 6 2010.

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