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Introduction

Head or arm band made of porcupine quills and birch bark on hide.

Nation of Origin

Great Lakes

Materials

Made of white, red and black dyed porcupine quills, hide and birch bark.

Techniques or Format

Porcupine quills are wrapped around birch bark.

Other Notes

Jonathan King of the British Museum suggested it could have been used as a headband or an arm band.

Dimensions: 31.5 × 4 × 0 cm
Current Location: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Am1991,9.7
GKS Reference Number: 26524
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, unknown object. Currently in the British Museum, Am1991,9.7. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 26524.

Record Creation Context

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Darlene Johnston (DJ), Jonathan King (JK), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Cory Willmott (CW).

Approximate Place of Origin

45.8, -83.9