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Pattern

Object Number:29-10-21F
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Algonkin
Provenience: Canada
Quebec
Maniwaki
Culture Area: Northeast Culture Area
Locus: Reservation 6 miles south of Maniwaki.
Section:American
Materials:Birch Bark
Credit Line:Purchased from Frederick Johnson (#1-93) / Gift of Frank Speck (#94-99), 1929

Description

Cut out of birchbark. Two patterns not mounted (moose and doe). Thirteen patterns mounted on two pieces of cardboard. These are used in making the designs on the boxes, etc. The pattern is laid on the bark and then marked out, then the bark is scraped away from the mark leaving the design.

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