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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).