Birch Bark Tray
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Oct 1937
name: label: Donor Name
content: Milo E. Emmerson
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Made in five pieces sewed together, bands of moose hair between each section; elaborate decoration in moose hair embroidery. In the bottom panel is the figure of a large bird on bough of a tree. The side panels show a succession of human figures, trees and birds. The human figures show the characteristic dress of the northeastern Algonkian tribes."
label: Notes
content: An alternate ID would be Huron (Wendat). Embroidered birch bark trays are commonly seen as tourist items made by Native people of the Quebec region for tourism purposes, trading, and sale to collectors. Birchbark containers embroidered with moosehair were one of the specialties of Huron/Wendat women. The Micmac/Mi'kmaq made similar ones, but theirs were decorated with porcupine quillwork in geometric motifs. Sources: Bruchac, Margaret, and Liliana Gurry. “Moose Hair Embroidered Birchbark Trays: French, Native, or Both.” Penn Museum Blog, November 9, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.penn.museum/blog/museum/moose-hair-embroidered-birchbark-trays-french-native-or-both/ . Sioui, Linda. “The Huron-Wendat Craft Industry from the 19th Century to Today.” Musée McCord Museum, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2022 from http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/printtour.php?tourID=cw_huronwendat_en&Lang=2 .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Woodlands (Northeast), United States / Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Seneca (Onödowá'ga:') (?)
label: Culture
content: Huron (Wendat) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 145748
label: USNM Number
content: E378857-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Container