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Object Number
2011.16.124
Display Title
Birchbark box with red and white porcupine quill decoration; signed Lima Jacko, Wikwemikong Ont.
Descriptions
Object Description
Light brown birchbark box; small and circular; black thread around rims; white woven porcupine quills form background for lid with red porcupine quill star with white center; white quill decoration around sides of lid and bottom with red quills encircling them; signed Lima Jacko, Wikwemikong Ont.
Inventory Description
Box, brown birchbark, circular, black thread around rim, ; white woven porcupine quills form background for lid with red porcupine quill star with white center, white quill decoration around sides of lid and bottom with red quills encircling them, signed Lima Jacko, Wikwemikong Ont
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ottawa
- Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
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Ontario
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Manitoulin Island
Dimensions
Other: 3.6 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm (1 7/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.16.124; Lima Jacko, Wikwemikong ONT
Credit Line
Gift of Paul R. Lurie 1938, in Memory of His Wife, Barbara
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Paul R. Lurie
Collector
Barbara Lurie
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Paul R. Lurie
(6/27/2011)
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