Birch bark, sweet grass, quills (undyed (white), purple, yellow, red, dark purple), cotton thread (black)

Lid: Fully-quilled, featuring 8-pointed geometric star within ring of triangles, with fancy geometric edges (diamond pattern) and sweetgrass trim stitched with white quills and black thread. Body: fancy geometric edges (diamond pattern) and sweetgrass trim stitched with white quills.

"Quillwork exhibition" noted on tag inside box: referring to the 1984 OCF exhibit for which many OCF quillboxes were commissioned. Also noted in the exhibition catalogue.

One of many quill boxes commissioned for OCF "Quillwork" (1984) exhibition.

Exhibited in the 1984 traveling OCF exhibition "Quillwork."

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

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.