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Birch Bark Box

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Title

Birch Bark Box

Object

container

Culture

Ojibwe

Brief Description

Round lidded birch bark box with dense white quillwork depicting rabbit on lid.

Dimension 1

4" W

Dimension 2

4" D

Dimension 3

2.5" H

Material

bark(birch) fiber(sweet grass) cotton quill(porcupine)

Construction

cut bent stitched

Decoration

quillwork wrapped(fiber)

Condition

GOOD discol warp lbl

Source

Ostrom, Elinor -bequest

Collector

Ostrom, Elinor and Vincent

Accession Number

MM249.101

Old Number

MM249.101 CAC#LS-13 OC#208

Type

artifact

County

Manitoulin Island

State

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Provenance

This item is from the collections of the Mathers Museum of World Cultures.