box, quill

box, quill

box, quill

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Introduction

Round 8" quillbox made by Edna Trudeau of Wikwemikong Unceded Territory. Fully quilled, featuring three pink flowers and foliage in tufted quillwork, on a solid white background inside a ring of fancy geometric quillwork. Edges are in fancy geometric style, and sweetgrass trim is stitched with quills.

Name of Maker(s): Edna Trudeau
Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory
Materials

Birch bark, sweetgrass, quills

Motifs and Patterns

Lid: three pink flowers and their leaves and stems are worked in tufted quillwork. Solid white background and a ring of fancy geometric quillwork around. Body: fancy geometric style.
Sweetgrass trim on both top and bottom is stitched with quills.

Condition: Excellent
Current Location: Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M'Chigeeng First Nation
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: A1.01.060
GKS Reference Number: 24757
How to Cite this Item

Edna Trudeau, box, quill. Currently at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, A1.01.060. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip; GRASAC item id 24757.

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

48.7, -84.6

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