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Fully-quilled birch bark basket with lid; squirrel motif
Fully-quilled birch bark basket with lid; squirrel motif
Object Number 995-29-10/73202A
Display Title Fully-quilled birch bark basket with lid; squirrel motif
Descriptions
Object Description Round bent birch bark lidded basket fully covered on visible portions with decorative quillwork in undyed porcupine quills (white grading to brown). Brown squirrel against white background on lid. Rims of basket and lid reinforced with bundles of sweet grass, sewn on with black cotton thread. Dimensions: height with lid = 4.5 cm, height to rim = 3.6 cm, diameter = 8 cm.
Inventory Description Box, birch base, quilled sides, sweetgrass edges, black thread
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date Late 20th Century
Culture
  • Ojibwa?
  • Southwestern Chippewa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Great Lakes Region
Materials Birchbark, Porcupine quill, Sweetgrass, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 3.4 x 7.5 x 0.4 cm (1 5/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73202A
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (01/01/1950-01/01/1993)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (10/23/1995)

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