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Birch Bark Box

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Title

Birch Bark Box

Object

container

Culture

Ojibwe

Brief Description

Round birch bark lidded box with dense white, dark red, and light purple quillwork on lid, beige on side.

Dimension 1

6" W

Dimension 2

6" D

Dimension 3

2.5" H

Material

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

Construction

cut bent stitched

Decoration

quillwork wrapped(fiber)

Condition

V GOOD lbl

Source

Ostrom, Elinor -bequest

Collector

Ostrom, Elinor and Vincent

Accession Number

MM249.007

Old Number

MM249.007 CAC#B-15 OC#287

Type

artifact

State

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Comments Object History

2012 INV: Campus Art Collection Room=Basement; 2014 CAT REV: Information from Elinor Ostrom/Carol Parks spreadsheet:
Ostrom # 287

Provenance

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