box, quill

box, quill

box, quill

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Introduction

Quill box made by Ida Toulouse of Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, featuring six white flowers on a green ring, with fancy geometric edges. Made as a gift for her daughter Sophie.

Name of Maker(s): Ida Toulouse
Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation
Materials

Porcupine quills (undyed (white, brown)green, yellow), birch bark, sweetgrass, cotton thread (grey)

Motifs and Patterns

Lid: Six white flowers on a green ring, with a white circle in the centre, fancy geometric edges. Body: fancy geometric edges.

Condition: Excellent.
Current Location: Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M'Chigeeng First Nation
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: grasac_3423
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 2005
GKS Reference Number: 26158
How to Cite this Item

Ida Toulouse, box, quill. Currently at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, grasac_3423. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip in June 2011; GRASAC item id 26158.

Record Creation Context

Record created June 2011 at the same time as the OCF quillbox collection was entered in the GKS. Adrianna Greci-Green was at the OCF to research quill boxes in the collection. Sophie Corbiere offered to show examples from her collection as well, and gave permission to enter them in the GKS.

Approximate Place of Origin

45.8, -83.9

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