Medicine Box Item Number: 3038/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Shaman’s medicine box made of two pieces of folded bark, one making up the outer back and sides, held together with stitched plant fibre at top and bottom. The box is a long rectangle with rounded edges, slightly wider at top. Three bands of light red woven root, moveable and of differing lengths, are wrapped around the box to hold it closed. Two short wrapped bands of root(?) are attached to flaps at both top and bottom and hold two long handles made of strips of plant fibre.