Box with cover

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Date created: 1920-1928

Culture/People: Anishinaabe [Parry Island, Ontario]
Collector: Frederick Johnson (Fred Johnson/Frederick M. Johnson), Non-Indian, 1904-1994

Collection History: Collected in 1928 by anthropologist Frederick Johnson (1904-1994) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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Place: Parry Island Reserve; Parry Sound District; Ontario; Canada
Archipelago: Great Lakes Islands
Island Name: Parry Island
Island Grouping: Georgian Bay Islands

See related items: Anishinaabe [Parry Island, Ontario]; Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/2569
Barcode: 162569.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Indigenous Term: gowekájigðni

Object Name: Box with cover
Media/Materials: Birchbark, porcupine quills, sweetgrass, dye/dyes, cotton thread
Techniques: Dyed, quill embroidered, stitched

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b86f7ae5-e945-4897-b5db-20b10b1dc539

Record ID: NMAI_174292