Shagbark Hickory

Title

Shagbark Hickory

Rights

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

Type

herbarium sheet

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation

Date

1933-07-10

Description

Pressed specimen of a hickory, the type used for basket handles and rims by Sturgeon and said by him to be the type preferred by all basket makers on the island. He calls it "shell-bark." The rim for basket, field no. 116 (UMMAA 13956), was made from it. Collected 7/12/33 in Dave Osahgee's wood lot (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 6).

Place

Canada

Walpole Island, Ontario

Alternative Title

Carya ovata

Identifier

UMMAA 13964

Relation

collected at same time and place UMMAA 13965 and UMMAA 13970.

Provenance

Volney Jones