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Box3703/10 a-b

Round birch bark box (part a) with a flat, fitted lid (part b); decorated with intricate porcupine quillwork. Top of lid has a central sun-like design inside of a circle; band between circle and edge of lid. Sun-like design made up of eight diamonds with criss-crossing quills; quills protrude upward in centre of diamonds. In space between sun and edges of circle, are triangles with quills woven in them to form additional diamonds. Band around central circle, around edge of lid, made up of alternating diamonds and hourglass-shapes; diamonds have quills criss-crossing over one another. Sides of lid and box are decorated with row of alternating diamonds and hourglass-shapes; diamonds have cross-hatching through them. All edges of box and lid are framed by bundles of fibre. Quillwork on box forms lip for lid to rest on. Interior and base are undecorated. Artist name and year made written along interior of lid, and around edge of base.

Culture
Anishinaabe
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, fibre, plant fibre, yellow-brown and brown-red
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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