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Object Number 50-72-10/32720
Display Title Bark scroll, record of one degree of midewewin
Descriptions
Object Description Bark scroll, record of one degree of midewewin
Inventory Description Drawing on birch bark, incised animal and human scene
Classification
  • Communication artifacts
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Southwestern Chippewa
  • Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Minnesota / Cass County
Additional Geographic Terms Leech Lake Reservation
Materials Bark, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 58 x 17.2 x 1 cm (22 13/16 x 6 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50-72-10/32720; 84416
Credit Line Exchange with Field Museum of Natural History, 1950
Provenance
Collector Field Museum of Natural History (01/01/1902)
Exchange participant Field Museum of Natural History (11/24/1950)
Intermediary Dr. Paul S. Martin

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