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Title |
Trinket box |
Description |
Rectangular box with lid: Lid decorated with two white trillium flower blossoms with heart shaped green leaves on natural birch bark ground; Light and dark natural quill sawtooth edge; Edge bound with sweetgrass; Fully quilled walls on base; White and dark natural quills in zig-zag pattern. |
Object Name |
Box, Trinket |
Provenance |
The box was purchased by Sarah McClelland and her mother when visited Northport, Michigan during the summer of 1924 or 1925 The box was used by the original owners to store buttons and other trinkets. |
Year Range from |
1924 |
Year Range to |
1925 |
Material |
Bark, Birch/Quills, Porcupine/Quills, Porcupine Dyed/Sweetgrass/Thread |
Used |
To store buttons and trinkets |
Owned |
McClelland, Sarah (Sally) |
Subjects |
Indians of North America |
Search Terms |
Birch bark Native American Quillwork |
Collection |
Traditional Arts of the Anishnabek |
Accession Number |
2003.54 |