FOUR SIDED BIRCH BARK BUCKET, FRENCH NAME MIKOK OR MUKAK, WITH BIRCH BARK LID AND SKIN HANDLE. BARK LASHED TOGETHER WITH SPLIT SPRUCE ROOT. RIM REINFORCED WITH ASH WOOD SPLINTS. HANDLE MADE OF TANNED LEATHER THONG. SURFACE ETCHING OF PLANT DESIGN ON ALL FOUR WALLS AND LID. LID LASHING IS BROKEN IN FOUR AREAS. COLLAR OF LID GLUED AS WELL AS STITCHED TO LID TOP. PENCIL AND INK MARKINGS VISIBLE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF BUCKET. PURCHASED IN 1979 FOR $25.00 FROM IROQRAFTS, OHSWEKEN, SIX NATIONS RESERVE, ONTARIO, CANADA BY MS. E. BARRIE KAVASH FOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT.

OVAL BIRCH BARK BOX WITH LID. RIM AND BASE REINFORCED WITH PLANT FIBERS STITCHED TO WALLS OF BOX WITH BLACK COTTON THREAD. PLANT FIBERS AND RED DYED PORCUPINE QUILLS STITCHED TO LID WITH BLACK COTTON THREAD. WALLS DECORATED WITH FLOWER DESIGN IN RED AND GREEN DYED QUILL WORK. LID DECORATED WITH TULIP DESIGN IN RED AND GREEN DYED QUILL WORK WITH EIGHT WHITE QUILL STITCHES ON EACH SIDE. ONE WHITE QUILL IS BROKEN. MADE IN CANADA TAG ATTACHED TO BOX BOTTOM. PURCHASED FROM IROQRAFTS, OHSWEKEN, SIX NATIONS RESERVE, ONTARIO, CANADA BY MS. E. BARRIE KAVASCH FOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT IN 1979.