quilled birch bark container

quilled birch bark container

quilled birch bark container

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Introduction

birch bark container shaped as square bowl with outward slanting sides set on pedestal base ornamented in quilled floral designs. Odawa. 1840-60.

Nation of Maker: Odawa
Place of Origin: Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range: 1840s to 1860s
Materials

birch bark, porcupine quills, spruce root, beige paper, black paper with impressed design, pages from a book printed with French religious text, beige cotton thread

Techniques or Format

container with outward slanting sides with square opening set on square open base, lined with black square of paper impressed with geometric design on inside; lined with printed pages from book on base

Motifs and Patterns

floral

Condition: poor, quills missing
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E005438
GKS Reference Number: 26386
Approximate Place of Origin

45.858, -84.624

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