Porcupine Quill Decorated Birch Bark Box
Theresa Simon Knockwood Thomas, Mi'kmaq / Canadian, 1895 - unknown
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
Wabanaki
First Nation
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
collected August 1970
Birch bark, Porcupine quills, pigment and cloth
Overall: 7 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (19 × 8.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
170.44.24959
Geography
Place Made: Shubenacadie Micmac Reserve, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Box
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Provenance
Mrs. Theresa Simon Knockwood Thomas (born 1895-unknown), Shubenacadie Micmac Reserve, Micmac, Nova Scotia [sold from her home]; sold to Alvin H. Morrison (Class of 1957) for the Dartmouth College Museum, August 1970.
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