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box, quill
box, quill
box, quill
Round quill box made by Helen Trudeau of Wikwemikong Unceded Territory. Fully-quilled top with two red flowers and foliage on solid white background, both solid-quilled and fancy geometric edges, and sweetgrass trim stitched with thread, quill, and cord (organza or basswood).
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Birch bark, sweet grass, quills (undyed (white, brown), red, yellow, green), cotton thread, stitching (possibly organza or basswood)
Lid: two red flowers on solid-quilled white background, with solid-quilled edges patterned using the dark quill ends, and sweetgrass trim stitched with black thread. Body: Fancy geometric edges; sweetgrass trim stitched with white quills on the top, and unknown fibrous cord on the bottom (organza or basswood cord)
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Unknown artist, box, quill. Currently at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, A1.00.63. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip; GRASAC item id 24520.
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, Lewis Debassige, and 2003 appraisal sheets by P.Krueger. Records edited and filled out by Crystal Migwans, June 2011.