Green Bay Agency, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Accession Date:
28 Jul 1908
Notes:
FROM CARD: "THE BARK IS PULLED OFF THE SMALL SAPLINGS IN STRIPS OF VARIOUS LENGTH & BREADTH, BOILED IN A KETTLE, DRIED, SOFTENED WITH THE HANDS, SPLIT INTO SMALL STRIPS, BOUND INTO BUNDLES TO PREVENT TANGLING AND PUT AWAY FOR USE MAKING CORD, ETC.." THERE IS A PIECE OF PAPER WITH THE OBJECT SLIGHTLY ELABORATING ON THIS CARD DESCRIPTION AND INDICATING THIS MATERIAL IS CALLED "NON-KEH-KO-PEE-TE-WE", OR "MADE SOFT BY BEING COOKED; WARM WATER MADE IT SOFT." NOTE THAT AT ONE TIME BOTANICAL MATERIALS FROM A VARIETY OF COLLECTIONS WERE KEPT TOGETHER IN STORAGE AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. IT IS NOT UNLIKELY THAT PIECES OF OTHER ARTIFACTS/BOTANICALS MAY BE MIXED IN WITH THE BASSWOOD CAT. #251947. - F. PICKERING 6-28-2000
