Circular Box with Maple Leaf Design on the Cover Item Number: 37.431a-b from the Brooklyn Museum

Description

This is a lidded birchbark box with porcupine quillwork.

Credit Line

Museum Collection Fund

Item History

  • Made between 1900 and 1925

What

Name
Circular Box with Maple Leaf Design on the Cover
Identification Number
37.431a-b
Type of Item
design, cover, leaf and box
Material
wood bark, porcupine quill, string and reed
Measurements
“5 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. or (8.5 x 14.5 cm)” ?

Who

Culture
Anishinaabe

Where

Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum

When

Creation Date
between 1900 and 1925

Other

Classification
Container