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Object Number 05-19-10/64736
Display Title Bag of basswood bark, seig-ga-bon-mut, used for storing and carrying. The mouth
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Seig-ga-bon-mut or mish-kam-ut or mish-kim-ut
Object Description Bag of basswood bark, seig-ga-bon-mut, used for storing and carrying. the Mouth could be lashed together.
Inventory Description Bag, woven vegetable fiber, string, openwork braided rim, dyed, flat
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Ontario
Additional Geographic Terms Sarnia, near
Dimensions Overall: 38.7 x 53 x 2 cm (15 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64736
Provenance
Collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (04/01/1905)
Dealer Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (01/01/1905)

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