Birchbark Tray

Object/Artifact

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Plains Art Museum

Name/Title

Birchbark Tray

Entry/Object ID

2025.009.0005

Tags

Native American Collection, Botanical design, Ojibwa

Description

NA0278 b. Brown birchbark tray/bowl with basswood stitching depicting red petaled flowers with green stems. Orange/yellow/red/black/white 8-pointed stars. Flowers and stars alternate panel by panel around the bowl (8 panels in total - 4 flowers, 4 stars). Center image at base has two flowers crossed at the stems and one star. Structural stitching is brown.

Made/Created

Artist

Wabuse (rabbit)

Date made

1987 - 1988

Place

* Untyped Place

Mille Lacs Indian Reservation, Minnesota

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Width

9 in

Material

birchbark, Basswood Stitching