Birchbark Bitten Design
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Jan 2010
label: Collection Date
content: 1933
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ruth S. Landes
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ruth S. Landes
notes: label: Notes
content: Thin piece of yellowing birch bark with bitten geometric designs.
label: Notes
content: Donor's notes, Ruth Landes 1985: "Maggie (Wilson) gave me a couple of squares of new birch bark, having bitten designs into the new meat. Collected in Emo, Ontario, Canada on the Manitou Reserve in 1933." Currently it is called the Manitou Rapids Indian Reserve #11 and home to the Rainy River people.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Emo, Manitou Rapids Reserve #11, Ontario, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe), Rainy River (Plains, Saulteaux)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1048265
label: USNM Number
content: E435076-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pattern Transparency
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 13.5 cm
label: Width
content: 9.5 cm