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Quilled Circular Tray
Native American, Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
1840
Object Place: Eastern (Northeast) Region
Medium/Technique
Birch bark, dyed porcupine quills, colored silk and white beads
Dimensions
Height x width: 9 x 9 in. (22.9 x 22.9 cm)
Credit Line
Partial gift of James Frank and the Frank B. Bemis Fund and Hilsinger Janson Fund for Native American Art
Accession Number2013.644
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionMic Mac circular tray with birch bark ground embroidered with geometric design in colored porcupine quills, colored silk, and white bead borders, minor damages.
ProvenanceBy 1993, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Murray Threipland, Fingask Castle, Perth, Scotland; April 26-28, 1993, Fingask Castle sale, Christie’s, Scotland, lots 492-494, to James Frank, LaJolla, CA; consigned by James Frank to John Molloy, New York; 2013, sold by John Molloy to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 2013)