Container

Museum number:
2-58520a-c
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2995
Description:
Made of birch-bark with dyed porcupine quillwork in faded yellow, green and purple; oval. a) Base: zigzag quill designs. b) Liner, sewn oval of birch-bark. c) Cover: birch-bark with abstracted floral quill designs.
Donor:
Mrs. Nathan W. Beauchamp and Nathan W. Beauchamp
Collection place:
Massachusetts
Verbatim coll. place:
Massachusetts
Culture or time period:
Eastern Woodland tribes
Collector:
Members of the Church Family
Collection date:
1700-1799
Materials:
Birch bark (plant material)
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— length 21 centimeters, c)— length 21.5 centimeters, and b)— length 19.5 centimeters
Comment:
Old note inside: "This was made by Indians when the Churches came from England -- Birch Bark and Colored Porcupine Quills - v.v. Old and valuable.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 2-58520a-c, described as Made of birch-bark with dyed porcupine quillwork in faded yellow, green and purple; oval. a) Base: zigzag quill designs. b) Liner, sewn oval of birch-bark. c) Cover: birch-bark with abstracted floral quill designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 2-58520a-c, described as Made of birch-bark with dyed porcupine quillwork in faded yellow, green and purple; oval. a) Base: zigzag quill designs. b) Liner, sewn oval of birch-bark. c) Cover: birch-bark with abstracted floral quill designs.

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