Quill Decorated Box and Lid
Mi'kmaq (Micmac), Wabanaki, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Canada, Northeast Woodlands, Woodlands
early 20th century
Birch bark, porcupine quills, sweetgrass, and dye
Overall: 4 7/16 x 5 3/16 in. (11.2 x 13.2 cm)
Overall: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Museum Purchase
54.41.13170
Geography/Culture
North America, Canada
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Box
Classification
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Exhibition History
The Arts of Native America, The Eastern Woodland: Algonkian and Iroquois, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Anthropology and History Collections, East Gallery, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 6-November 11, 1979.
Native American Designs of the Northern Woodlands, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 20, 1995-February 9, 1997.
Provenance
Milton Mead Babcock (1910-1997) [dealer], Milton, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1954.
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