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Start Over Object name Box Media available legacy documentation Taxon Erethizon dorsatum
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-17218a,b, described as Made of birch-bark and porcupine quill.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-45434a,b, described as Box. Round with lid, birchbark stiched with black and white cotton thread decorated with porcupine quills; “Yellowstone Park” printed in ink on lid. A -- box height 4.8 cm, diameter 9.0 cm; B-- lid height 3.0 cm, diameter 9.8 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-13589a,b, described as a) Box made of birchbark; wood base; elliptical, covered with elaborate design (zigzag) of porcupine quills in red, brown, yellow, purple, green and blue. b) Lid. Multicolored geometric designs in quillwork on white ground; sweetgrass inside rim; split cedar root wrapping around edge.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-13590a,b, described as a) Box made of birchbark; cylindrical; wood base; encircling bands. b) Cover; elaborate geometric designs of dyed porcupine quills in white, red, blue, green, brown, and purple; sweetgrass around rim.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-21375, described as Oval, made of bark. Porcupine quill decoration.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-47040a,b, described as Wood box with cover. Porcupine quill embroidery. a) Base; multicolor zigzag quills on birchbark, all four sides. b) Cover; yellow quills on birchbark, split spruce root on edges.

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