Birchbark notebook

Titles: Birchbark notebook (Supplied title)

Description: A birchbark notebook, possibly Ojibwe or Dakota, collected by Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple, circa the mid to late 19th century. The cover and pages made of birchbark. The cover is bound with sweetgrass and thread. Floral designs made from dyed porcupine quills are embroidered on the front and back covers.

Dates

• Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1874.B

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 6 inches length
• 3 7/8 inches width

Subjects

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