Box
- Object Name:
- Box
- Object ID:
- 1923.007.03.2
- Creator:
- Probably Micmac
- Date:
- 1800-1860
- Description:
- Birchbark Box, Quilled. This is a lidded birchbark circular box embroidered on top and sides with dyed porcupine quills and spruce root. The top design is of red, green, white, and brown dyed quills in a curved pattern. The sides have two lines of encircling white crosses. It has a wooden bottom.
- Material:
- Wood
Porcupine quill - Dimensions:
- H-3.5 Dia-5.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Northeastern origin; the wooden bottom and cross quill with spruce root on the side are Iroquois.
- Credit Line:
- Loaned by Mildred Raymond
- Subjects:
- Quillwork
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