Souvenir

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Souvenir

Entry/Object ID

2014.60.637

Description

Decorative souvenir object in the shape of a flower made from 7 pieces of birch bark. Each piece is embroidered with a stem of flowers in green, pink, blue, purple, and white. The pieces are joined with black thread over white binding. The back of one of the outer pieces has the handwritten label, "Bought of the Indians at Mackinac by Geo. W. Smith in May 1860 and presented to Clarissa Gale.".

Acquisition

Accession

2014.60

Source or Donor

Barre Historical Society, Inc.

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Place

State/Province

Michigan

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Ojibwe

First Nation, Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Receiver, Card

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tray, Household

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Diameter

6 in

Material

Birch, Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Smith, George W. (1826-1897)

Person or Organization

Hollingsworth, Clara Eunice Gale (1832-1896)

Related Places

Place

City

Barre City

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America