Basswood Twine

Name

Basswood Twine

Type

botanical

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation

Spatial Coverage

Canada

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

1933-07

Description

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

Identifier

UMMAA 4000-1-5381

Collector

Volney Jones

UM holding institution

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

Relation

Jones, V. H. 1936-1937. Notes on the preparation and uses of basswood fiber by the Indians of the Great Lakes Region. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 22: 1-14.