2-18845 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Cylindrical, with cover. Porcupine quill embroidery. a) Box; made of birchbark with wood base; yellow, blue and brown dyed porcupine quills in diagonal designs; split spruce root above quillwork. b) Cover; geometric designs in yellow, brown, blue, and green quills. Masonite repair to top.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Nova Scotia
Culture or time period:
Micmac
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1945
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Tourist souvenir.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
b)— diameter 15.8 centimeters and a)— diameter 15.8 centimeters
Comment:
Made by: Micmac women. References: Orchard, "The Technique of Porcupine-Quill Decoration Among the N. Amer. Indians
Loans:
S1970-1971 #12: California State University, Chico (August 14, 1970–April 13, 1971)