quilled birchbark box

quilled birchbark box

quilled birchbark box

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Introduction

Round quillbox featuring a raised flower with a tufted centre on a solid-quilled background.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Materials

birch bark, quills, black thread, sweetgrass

Techniques or Format

lidded round box lining forming over-lapping U-shapes; thick bunch of sweetgrass bound with black thread to lid, thinner liner to base

Motifs and Patterns

raised quill work with tufted centre, floral and leaf like forms forming a star shape

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 5.5 cm
Condition: good
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E418688A
Collection at Current Location: Marjorie M. Post Collection
GKS Reference Number: 26689
Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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