{ "core": { "objectID": 55960, "objectNumber": "99.5B4761", "primaryTitle": "Birch Bark Box", "objectName": "box", "dated": "late 19th century", "classification": "Wood and Woodcarving", "department": "Indigenous Americas", "medium": "birchbark and grass", "dimensions": "Overall: 2 1/2 × 4 inches (6.4 × 10.2 cm)" }, "provenance": { "creditLine": "Gift of Frederick Stearns", "provenance": "said to be from Chippewa Indian Reservation, Wisconsin, USA.\r\nbetween 1871-1895, acquired by Frederick Stearns (1831-1907; Detroit, Michigan, USA);\r\n1907-present, bequest to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)", "signed": "", "inscribed": "Inscribed with pencil on side: B-4761\r\nInscribed with pen on bottom: 4-8-11779[?11799] Chippewas Res., Wis B-4761", "markings": "Loose note: Birchbark box B-4761; B-4761 BOX, made at the Chippewa Indian Reservation, Wisconsin, of birchbark in two colors. Frederick Stearns Collection\r\nSticker on interior bottom: Birchbark box Chippewa Indian work. Frederick Stearns Collection B-476" }, "creators": [ { "displayName": "Ojibwa, Native American", "role": "Artist", "nationality": "Native American", "bio": "" } ], "rights": [ { "type": "Public Domain", "copyright": "", "creditLineRepro": "Ojibwa, Native American, Birch Bark Box, late 19th century, birchbark and grass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 99.5B4761." } ], "media": { "primary": { "filename": "2.png", "width": 624, "height": 624, "shareURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/qeyvawcx1h/jpeg/2.jpeg?w=2000&keep=c&crop=yes&color=cccccc&quality=80&u=u3bnol", "originalURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/qeyvawcx1h/original/2.png?u=u3bnol&download=true" } }, "terms": [ { "name": "Ojibwa", "type": "styles and periods" }, { "name": "birch", "type": "material" }, { "name": "bark", "type": "material" }, { "name": "grass", "type": "material" }, { "name": "latch", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "box (container)", "type": "work type" }, { "name": "Wisconsin", "type": "creation" } ], "source": { "museum": "Detroit Institute of Arts", "objectURL": "https://dia.org/collection/55960" } }