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Birch bark box with porcupine quill work in a floral pattern on top of box.
Birch bark box with porcupine quill work in a floral pattern on top of box.
Object Number 987-24-10/60624
Display Title Birch bark box with porcupine quill work in a floral pattern on top of box.
Descriptions
Object Description Birch bark box with porcupine quill work in a floral pattern on top of box. Sides of box formed of reeds laid one upon the other and sewn together. Top of box cut into four overlapping leaves. Floral pattern symmetrically placed on each leaf in red, pink, green, white, and yellow.
Inventory Description Box, handkerchief, birch bark with floral quill decoration, reed edges with stit
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Great Lakes
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota
Additional Geographic Terms Devils Lake Reservation
Materials Bark, Quill, Reed
Dimensions Overall: 16.8 x 16.3 x 2.9 cm (6 5/8 x 6 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 987-24-10/60624
Provenance
Collector Alexandria V. Dexter (1915)
Donor Edythe Dexter (1987)

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