quilled birchbark box

quilled birchbark box

quilled birchbark box

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Introduction

Round lidded quilled box. Anishinaabe. c. 1970s. Raised tufted flower on lid.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range: 1970s?
Materials

birch bark, porcupine quills, sweetgrass, black thread,

Techniques or Format

round lidded box, lined, uncontoured lining, sweetgrass bound to rim of lid with black thread, central motif on lid made of raised quill work with tufted quill centre

Motifs and Patterns

floral

Other Notes

stamped on bottom -- "CANADIAN/Indian work/birchbark/porcupine quills/sweetgrass"

Condition: very good
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E418690A
GKS Reference Number: 24655
Approximate Place of Origin

43.0612, -78.4489

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