box, quill

box, quill

box, quill

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Introduction

Oval quill box made by Maime Migwans of M'Chigeeng First Nation. Fully-quilled lid with red eight-pointed star (or flower) with yellow tuft and two red diamonds on blue background. Body is made of second-growth birchbark.

Name of Maker(s): Maime Migwans
Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: M'Chigeeng First Nation
Materials

Birch bark, sweet grass, quills (undyed (white), red, black, blue, yellow), black thread

Motifs and Patterns

Lid: Red eight-pointed star in centre with a red diamond on either side (yellow tuft in star centre suggests a flower rather than a star, with the diamonds as leaves), on blue background with white edges and sweetgrass border. Body: piece of unquilled second-growth birchbark with sweetgrass border.

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 4 mm
Condition: Excellent
Current Location: Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M'Chigeeng First Nation
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: A1.01.026
Collection at Current Location: Quill Art (A1.01)
GKS Reference Number: 26440
How to Cite this Item

Maime Migwans, box, quill. Currently at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, A1.01.026. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip; GRASAC item id 26440.

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

45.8293, -82.516

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