quilled birchbark box

quilled birchbark box

quilled birchbark box

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Introduction

Anishinaabe quilled round lidded box, with head of an Indian man wearing feathered headdress.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Materials

birch bark, quills, sweetgrass, black thread

Techniques or Format

Large round lidded box, all over quills, birch bark lining with scallop edged contours,

Motifs and Patterns

man's head with feather headdress

Condition: very good
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E418693A
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1898
Collection Narratives and Histories

Dr. Peter Edmund Jones, Peter Jones's son

GKS Reference Number: 25969
Approximate Place of Origin

45.6426, -85.036

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