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Cigar case
Native American (Eastern Woodlands, possibly Huron)
1850–75
Object Place: Lorette, Quebec, Canada
Medium/Technique
Moose hair on birch bark
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 9.5 x 4.5 cm (6 5/16 x 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Other (Cover): 6.2 x 9.5 x 4.5 cm (2 7/16 x 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Other (Cover): 6.2 x 9.5 x 4.5 cm (2 7/16 x 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number63.289
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBirchbark, covered outside entirely with scarlet broadcloth and embroidered with dyed moose hair. Cover shows row of Indians smoking pipes arranged in groups of three. Body shows tree with birds and squirrels on one side, two standing Indians smoking on the other. Edge striped with bundled white quills. Worn.
Provenance1963, gift of Aimée Lamb (b. 1893 - d. 1989) and Rosamond Lamb (b. 1898 - d. 1989), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 20, 1963)