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Title |
Trinket box |
Description |
Round box with lid; Sides of lid and base are coiled sweetgrass; Lid decorated with single red blossom with green caylx and stem. |
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 other 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 |