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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 1985-0009-0040   CAS 1985-0009-0040; Scroll
Category Ceremonial Items; Visual Arts
Object Name Scroll
Culture Chippewa, Ojibwe
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. Quebec, Ontario, Minnesota, Michigan
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Birch (Betula sp.) bark
Description Scroll made from one or more long sheets of birch bark, whose lateral edges are sewn with cotton string (probably to protect against splitting); Series of simple figures (human, animals, plant, man-made objects) is scratched onto surface of bark sheet (sheet has not been unrolled to determine extend and exact nature of drawings).
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 17.0, Length = ca. 75.0