Bark Container
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 May 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Ms. E. B. Kavasch
label: Donor Name
content: Sites Native Harvests
notes: label: Notes
content: ROUND QUILL WORK BIRCH BARK BOX WITH LID ACQUIRED IN 1983 BY MS. E. BARRIE KAVASCH AND DONATED TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) FOR NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT. RIM OF BOX WALLS AND LID WRAPPED IN COILED PINE NEEDLES STITCHED WITH BLACK COTTON THREAD TO BOX WALLS. DYED QUILLS FORMING RED TRILLIUM FLOWER PETAL DESIGN WITH GREEN DYED QUILL FORMING LEAVES AND ORANGE DYED KNOTTED QUILLS FORMING FLOWER CENTER. INTERIOR OF LID AND BODY OF BOX LINED WITH BIRCH BOX TO HIDE STITCHING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378691
label: USNM Number
content: E430188-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Container
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 6 cm