Box, Trinket
- Object Name:
- Box, Trinket
- Object ID:
- 1923.007.03.3
- Creator:
- Probably Micmac
- Date:
- 1800-1850
- Description:
- Quilled Box. This lidded birchbark rectangular wooden box is embroidered on top and sides with dyed porcupine quills and spruce root. It has three encirclilng lines of diamonds in white. The removable arched top is covered with birchbark and is decorated with white arcs colored in green, yellow, and brown dyed quills.
- Material:
- Wood
Porcupine quill - Dimensions:
- H-5 W-5.5 L-8 inches
- Provenance:
- Northeastern origin; cross quill design on all sides is typically Iroquois.
Box contains sewing material, etc.: small tin cylinder container full of common pins, (pre Civil War), small bone pedestal, jet pendant, and two metal bobbins with linen thread. - Credit Line:
- Loaned by Mildred Raymond
- Subjects:
- Quillwork
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