trays, quilled birch bark

trays, quilled birch bark

trays, quilled birch bark

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Introduction

Two Odawa or Anishinaabe birchbark and quillwork trays. Collected by Amos H. Gottschall from Northern Michigan. Acquired by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Odawa
Nation of Origin

Collector's identification of Northern Michigan.

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation.

Materials

birch bark; sweetgrass; porcupine quills, white and dyed yellow, orange, green; black thread.

Techniques or Format

Each panel is made from two pieces of birch bark, edged with bundles of sweetgrass sewn on with black thread. Porcupine quillwork decorates the inner sides of the panels. The four side panels have scalloped rims.

Motifs and Patterns

Floral motifs. The flowers' stamens are represented with knotted quills.

Dimensions: 17 × 17 × 0 cm
Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: L-84-175, L-84-176
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1936
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Gotschall Collection
Collection Narratives and Histories

Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Gotschall Collection

GKS Reference Number: 24686
Record Creation Context

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

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0612, -78.4489

Source of Information about Places

Collector's information.

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