Box, moose hair

Box, moose hair

Box, moose hair

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Introduction

This box is made of Birch bark and moose hair embroidery with natural colors, green, brown, red, yellow, and pink creating a floral design. It was likely made in the 19th or early 20th c. by someone of the Huron in the Great Lakes region. Item was accessioned in 1962 by the Missouri Historical Society.

Nation of Maker: Huron-Wendat
Place of Origin: Québec, QC
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s to 1900s
Materials

Birch bark; moose hair; white cotton thread; black silk thread.

Techniques or Format

Components stitched together with white cotton thread; birch bark liners; natural, green, brown, red, yellow, pink (faded) moose hair embroidery; standard trim around top, middle and bottom edges of top and bottom made of natural moose hair binding sewn with silk thread, with interspersed woven details around top edging.

Motifs and Patterns

Floral design.

Original and Subsequent Uses

market object

Dimensions: 3.375 × 2.125 × 2 in
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

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Current Location: Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 66-2018
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1914
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Missouri Historical Society
Collection Narratives and Histories

This was possibly acquired in 1914 as a loan that was not included as part of the collection until later in the 1960s.

GKS Reference Number: 26360
Approximate Place of Origin

46.8139, -71.208

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