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quilled birchbark mat or placemat
quilled birchbark mat or placemat
quilled birchbark mat or placemat
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Introduction
Geometric mat or placemat. Made of birch bark and porcupine quills with red silk edging.
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Materials
Birch bark, porcupine quills, red silk edging, black thread
Motifs and Patterns
Geometric, thunderbirds?
Description of Writing/Text
Emily S. Johnson [unreadable] Tuscarora C.W. [unreadable] 1854
Dimensions:
39 × 27 × 0 cm
Condition:
Good, fading of quill colours
Provenance
Current Location:
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
922.1.80
Collection at Current Location:
Evelyn Johnson/Chiefswood Collection
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
27336
How to Cite this Item
Unknown artist, quilled birchbark mat or placemat. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 922.1.80. Item described as part of a GRASAC research trip October 2014; GRASAC item id 27336.