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.

This is a lidded birchbark box with porcupine quillwork.

Gift of Mrs. Edward A. Behr

Gift of Frank K. Fairchild

Black glass box with four sides and a clear glass base, open at top. The upper edge undulates from side to side. The outside surface is plain black, the inside surface of the four sides is etched with a distributive Northwest Coast design. A black and white photograph sits on the clear glass base, which is lit from below when the box is installed for exhibition. The photograph shows a group of chiefs assembled in their regalia, with a few children, two flags and the bottom of a large, carved pole in the background.

Black glass box with four sides and a clear glass base, open at top. The upper edge undulates from side to side. The outside surface is plain black, the inside surface of the four sides is etched with a distributive Northwest Coast design. A black and white photograph sits on the clear glass base, which is lit from below when the box is installed for exhibition. The photograph shows three women, wearing carved headdresses and button blankets, with a young child standing behind them to the right, also wearing a wooden headdress.

Black glass box with four sides and a clear glass base, open at top. The upper edge undulates from side to side. The outside surface is plain black, the inside surface of the four sides is etched with a distributive Northwest Coast design. A black and white photograph sits on the clear glass base, which is lit from below when the box is installed for exhibition. The photograph shows a welcome figure with its arms raised all the way up, with mountains behind.

Birch bark box and cover with red, brown, tan and white porcupine quill decorations depicting Native Americans in a canoe, birds, flowers, and leaves, as well as additional figures. White quill binds the edges.