Mat

Museum number:
2-13368
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020013368
Alternate number:
140 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.639
Description:
Birchbark center, sweetgrass rim design of porcupine quills in white, green, orange.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Ontario, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Ontario
Culture or time period:
Upper Great Lakes cultures
Collector:
Agnes Ruth Sengstacken
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 8.75 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mat, accession number 2-13368, described as Birchbark center, sweetgrass rim design of porcupine quills in white, green, orange.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mat, accession number 2-13368, described as Birchbark center, sweetgrass rim design of porcupine quills in white, green, orange.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-13368, described as Birchbark center, sweetgrass rim design of porcupine quills in white, green, orange.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-13368, described as Birchbark center, sweetgrass rim design of porcupine quills in white, green, orange.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-13368, described as Birchbark center, sweetgrass rim design of porcupine quills in white, green, orange.

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