Birchbark Box
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Feb 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1800 - 1850
name: label: Collector
content: Lela Balcolm
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Esther L. Casselman
notes: label: Notes
content: BROWNISH COLORED BIRCHBARK, SQUARE FORM, HIGH FOOT EXPANDING TOWARD THE TOP WHICH IS FITTED WITH COVER. ENTIRE OUTSIDE EMBROIDERED WITH PORCUPINE QUILLS IN STAR AND FLORAL PATTERNS. SOME OF CORNER SEWING IS WORN AWAY. TYPICAL NORTHEASTERN WOODLAND TYPE AND SOURCE AREA SUGGESTS IROQUOIS MAKE.
label: Notes
content: In 2011 Dr. Sylvia Kasprycki examined this artifact and said it is not Iroquois style. Looks more like Western Great Lakes. In 2012 Adriana Greci Green examined this artifact and agreed that it is not Iroquois and appears to be Great Lakes style.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Niagara (Region), New York, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) (?)
label: Culture
content: Great Lakes Indian (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361010
label: USNM Number
content: E422660-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Container
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Unknown - Sq
content: 15.5 cm