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Object Number
995-29-10/73195A
Display Title
Quill-decorated birch bark basket with lid; star motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Round bent birch bark basket with flat lid. Lid trimmed with eight-pointed star in blue and natural-colored (white with dark tips) porcupine quills. Basket trimmed with abstract "wheat-sheaf" design in blue and white quills. Basket rim and bottom edge, and lid edge, reinforced with two coils of bundled sweet grass sewn with black thread.
Dimensions: height with lid = 5.8 cm, height to rim = 5.4 cm, diameter = 11 cm.
Inventory Description
Box, base, birch bark, quilled around sides, sweet grass edges with black thread
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Late 20th Century
Culture
- Mohawk?
- Chippewa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Great Lakes Region
Dimensions
Overall: 5 x 11 x 0.4 cm (1 15/16 x 4 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73195A; MOHAWK
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(01/01/1950-01/01/1993)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(10/23/1995)
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