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Lidded box
Native American, Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
1900–25
Object Place: Nova Scotia, Canada
Medium/Technique
Birch bark, porcupine quills, grass, and reed
Dimensions
11.43 x 19.68 x 12.7 cm (4 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Professor and Mrs. William H. Dennen
Accession Number1992.381a-b
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsBasketry
DescriptionLidded oval box made of birch bark with a wooden bottom attached by iron tacks. It is decorated with porcupine quill embroidery; the lid edge is decorated with split spruce root and quill with sweet grass bound along the upper edge. The quill colors are purple, red, black, green, yellow, and natural white (undyed).
ProvenancePurchased by Olive Sheldon (Mrs. Charles Parker) Davidson (b. 1895 - d. 1970), Pennsylvania; to her daughter, Charlotte Davidson Dennon (b. 1922 - d. 1994) and her husband, William H. Dennon, Nahant, MA; 1992, gift of Professor and Mrs. William H. Dennon to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 1992)