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Object Number
41-72-10/100243.1.26.3.4
Display Title
Aajijak (ojijak, crane)
Descriptions
Object Description
Represented here is the aajijak (ojijak, crane) doodem drawn by a Pembina Anishinaabe chief who came to live in Sandy River, Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota. He drew this in July 1908. Collected by Frances Densmore. Part of David I Bushnell, Jr. collection. Written on board: "Ah-je-jak (crane) / (verso) Ah-bay-zisk - (Swall) a Perubina Chip. who married a woman of this band & now lives on Sandy River - Red Lake Reservation, Minn. Red Lake Agency, July 5th, 1908."
Department
Archival, Paper
Date
July 5, 1908
Artist
Ah-bay-zisk (Swall)
Culture
- Anishinaabe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Graphite on Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 8.89 × 13.335 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Collector
Frances Densmore
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 41-72-10/100243.1.26.3.9 | Aajijak (crane) |
United States
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| 41-72-10/100243.1.26.3.1 | Drawings of the Anishinaabe doodem (clan) system, title card |
United States
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for Drawings of the Anishinaabe doodem (clan) system
| 41-72-10/100243.1.26.3 | Drawings of the Anishinaabe doodem (clan) system |
United States
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| 41-72-10/100243.1.26.3.13 | Waabizheshi (marten) |
United States
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| 41-72-10/100243.1.26.3.5 | Bineshii (bird) |
United States
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| 41-72-10/100243.1.26.3.6 | Wolf |
United States
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| 41-72-10/100243.1.26.3.12 | Giigo (fish) |
United States
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| 41-72-10/100243.1.26.3.11 | Drawing of Anishinaabe doodem |
United States
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| 76-25-10/9533 | Ah-ah-bed-way-we-dung (Forever noisy) Chief Sandy Lake Chippewa |
United States
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| 41-72-10/99968.791 | Portrait of Debwewetang | |||
| 41-72-10/100243.1.26.3.10 | Makwa (bear) |
United States
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| 41-72-10/100243.1.26.3.3 | Name (sturgeon) |
United States
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