Anishinaabe Plants UMMAA

Items

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  Eastern Black Walnut

  Pressed specimen of black walnut collected with Mrs. Hyman Smith behind the house of Charley Sword. Black walnut is rather scarce on the island. UMMAA 13975 is from this tree. Same as UMMAA 13976 (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Basswood Twine

  Small skein of cordage (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Flour Corn

  Grown from UMMAA 13991 in an experimental garden at the University of Michigan Botanical Gardens in the summer of 1935.
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  Flint Corn

  Grown from UMMAA 13990 in an experimental garden at the University of Michigan Botanical Gardens by Volney Jones in 1935.
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  Three Leaf Goldthread

  Herbarium sheet
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  Bloodroot

  Herbarium sheet
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  White Cedar

  Herbarium sheet
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  Grey Alder

  branch of alder tree containing leaves and berries (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Birch Bark Container

  Reservoir made by Mrs. Joe Savoir (from Volney Jones' field notes).
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  Birch Bark Container

  Reservoir made by Mrs. Joe Savoir (from Volney Jones' field notes).
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  Birch Bark Container, used

  "kosseau" Bill Seuliar, several years old (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Spud

  Spuds for tapping maple, Bill Seuliar (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Dust from Grindstone

  grindstone dust (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Basket

  Basket made by Mrs. Boyer and dyed by Mrs. Belanger - yellow-gold thread, orange bloodroot (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Basswood Twine

  basswood twine as used in rim of mat (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Black Ash Splints, dyed

  strips dyed with golden thread (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Bloodroot

  Bloodroot (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Eastern Hemlock

  Chips of hemlock bark (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Basswood, Inner Bark

  basswood bark, Mrs. Belanger, already boiled (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Cedar Bark Bag, unfinished

  small cedar bark bag, partially finished (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Grey Alder

  elder bark (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  White Cedar Strips, dyed wth alder and hemlock

  Dyed with alder, hemlock, etc. (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Cedar Bark Strips, dyed with bloodroot

  Dyed strips for mat, died with bloodroot (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Cedar Bark Bag

  Cedar bag (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes). The labels on the bag were added when it was on display in the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History.
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  Cedar Mat

  Cedar mat (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).