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box, birchbark and sweetgrass  

A birchbark and sweetgrass box decorated with porcupine quillwork.

vest, beaded  

Black velvet man's vest with colourful floral spot stitch bead work on front and back. On loan from Mrs. Erhart G. Peterson, granddaughter of Mr. Myron Roys Curtiss, collector.

basket  

Large rectangular basket, undecorated, made with a plaiting technique.

basket  

Large plaited basket, undecorated, handle over top

tray, birchbark  

A birchbark tray with floral porcupine quill decoration.

sap trough  

Small sap trough made of elm bark, tied with string at both ends

container, birchbark  

A birchbark box decorated with sweetgrass.

hamper  

Large hamper made with plaiting technique, alternating light and brown vertical strips of sweetgrass plaited, handles inside, decorative coils around outside

box, birchbark  

A rectangular birch bark box decorated with floral porcupine quillwork. Anishinaabe, Odawa, from Northern Michigan. Collected by Amos H. Gottschall between 1880 and 1914.

pouch, quilled  

A rectangular pouch with two bands of zig-zag band quillwork in a style that resembles coats collected in the early 19th century in the Red River/Lake Winnipeg/Saulteaux area, possibly made in the early 19th century (c.1820). Probably made by an Anishinaabe, Maskêkowiyiniwak (Swampy Cree), Sakawiyiniwask