quilled birch bark box

quilled birch bark box

quilled birch bark box

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Introduction

square quilled birch bark box

Nation of Maker: Odawa
Place of Origin: Harbor Springs, Emmet County, MI
Materials

birch bark, natural porcupine quills, fine spruce root, two-ply vegetable fibre cord

Techniques or Format

square box with lid hinged to one side with vegetable fibre cord; lid doesn't overlap, lined with bark cut into concave scalloped contour; liner of bottom tacked to base with white quills; two tied of vegetable fibre cord inserted into lid and base ending in tassels of same material

Motifs and Patterns

no representational motifs, quills form 5 regular channels on lid

Dimensions: 13.5 × 13.5 × 5 cm
Condition: very good
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E233321
Collection at Current Location: Rev. D.C. Lee
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1905
GKS Reference Number: 25350
Approximate Place of Origin

45.4318, -84.992

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