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Figures are from left to right: Key - #A12304, Rapier - #A12360, Buckle - #A12308

The MPM Medieval German Archaeological Metal collection consists of 173 objects that were all collected in Germany in the late 19th century.

Although the objects are quite varied they share a common thread of utility and date between the 5th and 14th centuries C.E. 

Women’s Work: The WPA Milwaukee Handicraft Project
By Jacqueline M. Schweitzer, Honorary Curator of American History

Origins of the Cudahy-Massee Expedition, 1928-29

One day, Wenebojo was standing under a maple tree.

Suddenly, it began to rain maple syrup, not sap, right on top of him. Wenebojo got a birchbark tray and held it out to catch the syrup. He said to himself, “This is too easy for the Indians to have the syrup just rain down like this.” So he threw the syrup away and decided that before they could have the syrup, the Indians would have to give a feast, offer tobacco, speak to the manido, and put out some birchbark trays.

References cited and publications by donors

Bruce, Robert

1967 Jerarquia Maya entre los dioses lacandones. Anales del Instituto Macional de Antropologia e Historia Volume 28 pp.93-108.

1968 Gramatica del Lacandon. Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico City. Masters Thesis.

1973 Figuras Ceremonials Lacandonas de Hule.

Where applicable, the classification of lamps in this collection is based on type designations that were developed by Siegfried Loeshcke, Oscar Broneer, and J.W. Hayes.

Pottery Lamps

Open Saucer and Pinched Nozzle Lamps