Container and lid

Museum number:
2-66129a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210266129a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3445
Description:
Birchbark. Round with separate lid, covered with porcupine quill embroidery in linear design using natural colored quills and quills dyed yellow and pink. Quills broken and missing in several areas. a) Container, b) Lid.
Donor:
Betty Ann Gruberg
Collection place:
Northeastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northeast
Culture or time period:
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)
Collector:
George M. Firestone
Collection date:
1927-1933
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 13.5 centimeters and height 7.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: treated with DDT.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container and lid, accession number 2-66129a,b, described as Birchbark. Round with separate lid, covered with porcupine quill embroidery in linear design using natural colored quills and quills dyed yellow and pink. Quills broken and missing in several areas. a) Container, b) Lid.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container and lid, accession number 2-66129a,b, described as Birchbark. Round with separate lid, covered with porcupine quill embroidery in linear design using natural colored quills and quills dyed yellow and pink. Quills broken and missing in several areas. a) Container, b) Lid.

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