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Miniature quilled birch bark basket (A) with lid (B); flower motif
Miniature quilled birch bark basket (A) with lid (B); flower motif
Object Number 995-29-10/73198B
Display Title Miniature quilled birch bark basket (A) with lid (B); flower motif
Descriptions
Object Description Round bent birch bark lidded basket almost completely covered with decorative porcupine quillwork. Flowering plant in purple, yellow, brown, and green on lid, undyed porcupine quills (white grading to brown) on sides of basket and lid. Rims of basket and lid reinforced with bundles of sweet grass, sewn on with white cotton thread. "M. A." engraved on bottom. Dimensions: height with lid = 4.6 cm, height to rim = 4 cm, diameter = 5.4 cm.
Inventory Description Box, base, birch bark, quilled around sides, floral design on top, sweet grass e
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: 2.5 x 5.8 x 0.3 cm (1 x 2 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73198B
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (01/01/1950-01/01/1993)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (10/23/1995)

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