tray, calling card

tray, calling card

tray, calling card

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Introduction

A Huron-Wendat Calling Card Tray of birchbark with moosehair embroidery. Mid-18th to early 19th century. Given to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1992 by Marshall Becker.

Nation of Maker: Huron-Wendat
Nation of Origin

Attribution based on style.

Date Made or Date Range: 1850s-1920s
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation and the GRASAC research team.

Materials

birchbark; moosehair, white and dyed blue, green, orange/red, yellow, pinkish-red; black cotton thread.

Techniques or Format

Two layers of birchbark sewn together, with a square flat bottom and four sloping sides with heart-shaped tops sewn to the base. The seams are covered with bundled hairs or quills tacked down with thread and interwoven with other threads to form decorative checkerboard and stried patterns. The panels are embroidered through an insertion technique.

Motifs and Patterns

Floral motifs.

Dimensions: 19.8 × 16 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Stylistic attribution, based on similar items.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 92-12-11
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1992
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Gift of Marshall Becker
Collection Narratives and Histories

Given to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1992 by Marshall Becker.

GKS Reference Number: 27204
Record Creation Context

GRASAC study visit, participants: David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009

Approximate Place of Origin

44.16098, -91.78108

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