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Oval lidded box

Micmac or Ottowa, 1900

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Oval lidded box

Micmac or Ottowa, 1900

Physical Qualities Birch bark, wood, porcupine quills, nails, thread, red, brown, green, orange and purple pigments; stone, shell, clay, rawhide, tin, 7 7/8 × 5 1/8 × 4 5/16 in. (20 × 13 × 11 cm.)
Credit Line The Baltimore Museum of Art
Object Number 1991.37a-n
Lid has quill design; white ground, central circle with design of white in center. One orange strip, green triangles radiating from center, red X's around circumference. Fan design with orange, purple and white lines flank two sides of circle. Box has quill design of chevrons in brown, green, white, red, white, brown. White triangles outlined in red at top, red triangles outlined in brown at bottom. Rim design is brown and white checks. Box contains 7 stones, one shell fragment with a hole drilled in the narrow end, one pot shard, 3 pieces of rawhide with tin tinklers on one end.

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