box, quill

box, quill

box, quill

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Introduction

Cylindrical tobacco container or quill box, made by Marie Roy of Wikwemikong Unceded Territory. Partially-quilled with a single green vine with purple flower buds.

Name of Maker(s): Marie Roy
Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory
Materials

Birch bark, sweetgrass, quills (purple, green), cotton thread

Techniques or Format

Lid: flat birch bark circle trimmed with sweetgrass, with loop of bark and sweetgrass forming a handle in the middle. Body: cylindrical box with sweetgrass trim.

Motifs and Patterns

Lid: undecorated. Body: A single green vine with purple geometric 'flower buds' circles the body.

Condition: Excellent
Current Location: Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M'Chigeeng First Nation
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: A1.01.047
Exhibition History

Exhibited in the 1984 traveling OCF exhibition "Quillwork."

Publication History

"Quillwork" (1984) exhibition catalogue, published by Art-I-Craft and the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation.

GKS Reference Number: 25543
How to Cite this Item

Marie Roy, box, quill. Currently at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, A1.01.047. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip in June 2011; GRASAC item id 25543.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

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.

Approximate Place of Origin

46.7296, -94.6859

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