Box, Trinket
- Object Name:
- Box, Trinket
- Object ID:
- 1923.007.03.1
- Creator:
- Probably Micmac
- Date:
- 1800-1860
- Description:
- Quilled box with lid. Circular birchbark box embroidered on top and sides with dyed porcupine quills and spruce root. It has diamond and zig-zag patterns encircling it. Lid is decorated with light and dark curved lines.
- Material:
- Wood
Porcupine quill - Dimensions:
- H-3.75 Dia-6.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Origin in Northeast; probably Iroquois because of the wooden bottom and pattern.
- Credit Line:
- Loaned by Mildred Raymond
- Subjects:
- Quillwork
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