quilled birchbark box & lid

quilled birchbark box & lid

quilled birchbark box & lid

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Introduction

Circular box with lid, made of birch bark. Decorated with dyed quillwork patterns.

Name of Maker(s): Unknown maker
Nation of Maker: Other
Nation of Origin

Mi'kmaq

Date Made or Date Range: c.1870
Materials

birch bark, dyed porcupine quill (white, black, light orange, dark orange, purple, blue (various shades), spruceroot(?)

Techniques or Format

quillwork

Motifs and Patterns

chevrons around the side of the box.
symbols in white quill and spruceroot(?) on the rim of the lid
the lid has a white quill background divided into four sections by a cross, with mirroring patterns in each section.

Dimensions: 0 × 153 × 153 mm
Condition: good
Current Location: University of Aberdeen Museums & Special Collections, Aberdeen, Scotland
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: ABDUA:5501
Link to Institution's Collections Database: ADBUA:5501
Collection at Current Location: ABDUA University of Aberdeen Human Culture Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1922/1923
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Montagu, Lady Sydney Charlotte; Keith-Falconer, 9th Countess of Kintore
Previous Collectors: Montagu
Collection Narratives and Histories

Most likely collected by the donor during one of her trips to the Americas in 1893 (visit to Canada), 1898, c1900 or 1905 - see travel journals in Special Collections: - MS 3064/3/9/1; MS 3064/3/9/2

Publication History

University of Aberdeen, Museum Report (1922-23) p.3

GKS Reference Number: 59097
How to Cite this Item

“Birchbark box & lid”, catalogue number ABDUA:5501 in the University of Aberdeen Museums and Special Collections, is licenced under CC By 4.0.

Record Creation Context

Created as part of the Caring and Sharing project 2020-2022

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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