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Covered basket container
Native American, Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
about 1875
Object Place: Maine or Nova Scotia, Canada, Eastern (Northeast) Region
Medium/Technique
Porcupine quills and birch bark
Dimensions
10.79 x 13.02 x 20.32 cm (4 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William White Howells
Accession Number1973.161a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsBasketry
DescriptionThis oval basket is decorated with zig-zag designs in white, red, brown, yellow, and blue porcupine quills colored with aniline dyes. On the cover red, brown, and gray designs surround an eight-pointed star in blue and black with a red center.
InscriptionsOn bottom: Micmac / Nova Scotia
ProvenanceWilliam White Howells (b. 1908- d. 2005) and Muriel Seabury Howells (b. 1910 - d. 2002), Cambridge, MA and Kittery, ME; 1973, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William White Howells to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 14, 1973)