Title

Wikwemot

Creator

Lena Nottaway

Subject

Anicinabe ocitowin (Arts and crafts)

Contemporanéité

Related to an ongoing practice, as it was

Famille

Nottaway

Description

Birchbark, malleable and resistant, was the main material used to make bark containers. The roots of young conifers, split in half and dried, were used for the seams and rims of the containers.

Format

Object

Étendue

Length: 12 cm; Width: 10.5 cm; Height: 13.5 cm

Matériaux

Bark (Wigwas)

Birch (Wikwasatik)

Root (Wadabi)

Spruce

Wood (Mitik)

Technique de fabrication

Cut

Sewn

Date Created

1970

Titre antérieur

Basket [Musée de la Civilisation]
Replaced by the Anicinabemowin term.

Source

https://collections.mcq.org/objets/49027

Contributor

Musée de la Civilisation (sharing)

Date Modified

2025-02-19

Access Rights

Open access

License

Protected by copyrights

Identifier

MdlC88-2732