Lidded Box
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
Wabanaki
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
collected 1960s
Dyed porcupine quills, wood and birch bark
Overall: 4 13/16 × 8 1/2 × 5 3/8 in. (12.3 × 21.6 × 13.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Putnam W. Blogett, Class of 1953, Tuck 1961
2013.91.4
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Box
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Charlotte T. Blodgett (1906-1996) and Wentworth Putnam Blodgett (1901-1980), in Maine, 1960s; given to their son, Putnam W. Blodgett (1931-2020), Lyme, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2013.
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