Square Box and Cover Item Number: 43.201.160a-b from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This is a decorative box with lid that was probably made for the tourist trade. Birchbark has been sewn with traditional porcupine quillwork in a floral pattern.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks
Item History
- Made between 1900 and 1925
What
- Name
- Square Box and Cover
- Identification Number
- 43.201.160a-b
- Type of Item
- square, cover and box
- Material
- birchbark and porcupine quill
- Overall
- length 7.0 in, width 7.0 in, height 3.125 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1900 and 1925
Other
- Classification
- Container