Wallet Of Birch And Porcupine Quills
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jan 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1977."
label: Notes
content: Written in red on the bottom of this miniature birchbark container is a word that appears to be "Mackinac". Decorated with floral quillwork. Per Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Ojibwe/ Odawa) from the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) University of Toronto - Faculty of Information, this is a bark container or basket (makuk/makak), and Mackinac is a traditional territory of the Anishinaabe. Makaks are usually used to store food such as maple sugar.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Sep 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Michigan / Ontario, United States / Canada, 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: 68A00002
label: USNM Number
content: E5440-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Container