box, quilled

box, quilled

box, quilled

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Introduction

A quilled box made around 1995 by Yvonne Keshick, 'Falling Leaf,' of the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa. Keshick was taught by her aunt and mentor Susie Shagonaby. The box is quilled in the spider pattern taught to her by her aunt. Purchased by Frances Vincent in 1995, in Michigan, for Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Name of Maker(s): Yvonne Keshick, 'Falling Leaf'
Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

The artist is from Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa, Harbor Springs, Michigan.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Signed on the bottom of the quilled box

Place of Origin: Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa
Date Made or Date Range: 1990 to 1995
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation.

Materials

birch bark; white porcupine quills; sweet grass; synthetic beige coloured thread

Techniques or Format

An oval lidded box, lined in birchbark whose edges are cut in a scalloped contour. There is sweetgrass sewn to the outside edge of the lid.

Motifs and Patterns

Spider pattern (abstract) quillwork decorates the lid and sides.

Other Notes

Yvonne Keshick was taught the Spider pattern by her aunt and mentor Susie Shagonaby.

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 5 cm
Condition: Excellent
Current Location: Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, UK
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1995.346 A-B
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1995
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Frances Vincent
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1995
Collection Narratives and Histories

Purchased in 1995 by Frances Vincent in Michigan. She was a temporary curatorial and display assistant at Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

GKS Reference Number: 24989
How to Cite this Item

Yvonne Keshick, 'Falling Leaf,' box, quilled. Currently in the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1995.346 A-B. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip May 2009; GRASAC item id 24989.

Record Creation Context

This record was created as part of a GRASAC research trip to Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, May 4-9 2009.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Trudy Nicks, Stacey Loyer, Ruth Phillips, and Rachel Hand.

Approximate Place of Origin

45.43676, -84.92103

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