Birch bark, sweetgrass, quills (undyed (white), orange, burgundy, yellow, red, pink, purple, blue, pale green, dark green, yellow-green), cotton thread

Lid: 8-pointed geometric star in yellow circle, inside ring of fancy geometric (diamond pattern), with solid-quilled edges in stripe pattern. Body: Fancy geometric edges (diamonds) mixed with linear chevron pattern (Miqmaq style?). All sweetgrass trim stitched with thread. On bottom of body is scratched: "Jean Mish, Wiky, Ont, 1987," and just opposite it is written in pen (in different handwriting): "Jean Mishibinijima, Wikwemikong, Ont, 1987."

Noted on bottom of box

Jean Mishibinijima, box, quill. Currently at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, A1.01.036. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip; GRASAC item id 24833.

Dummy GRASAC records of collections made by Lakota Preston, April 2010, items labelled and info updated by Juanita Migwans, summer 2010. Photos and item spreadsheet created June 2011 by Adrianna Greci-Green (visiting to research quill boxes in the OCF collection), Crystal Migwans (OCF curatorial assistant) and Emanuela Rossi (visiting researcher), using information from Sophie Corbiere, Kate Roy, and 2003 appraisal sheets by P.Krueger. Records edited and filled out by Crystal Migwans, June 2011.