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CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991 THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

Culture: Kwakwaka'wakw: Dza'wadeenox
Material: cedar wood and metal
Made in: Dza'wadeenox, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History

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Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen

Culture: Micmac (Mi'kmaq) and Iroquois
Material: birchbark and quill
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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Culture: Mi'kmaq
Material: birch bark, porcupine quill, spruce root and aniline dye
Holding Institution: Nova Scotia Museum

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Culture: Mi'kmaq
Material: birch bark, porcupine quill, spruce root and aniline dye
Holding Institution: Nova Scotia Museum

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Culture: Eskimo
Material: wood
Made in: Greenland
Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History

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Brooklyn Museum Collection

Culture: Micmac (Mi'kmaq)
Material: bark and porcupine quill
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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This type of quilled article is a prime example of the ingenuity of the artist to take traditional materials, quills, normally used in bags and clothing decoration and fashion a new item for the trade markets. The seat cushion reflects the Victorian mode of seat cushions used in non-Native homes of the period.

Culture: Plains and Micmac (Mi'kmaq)
Material: porcupine quill and birchbark
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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FROM CARD: "ORNAMENTED WITH THE THUNDER BIRD."

Culture: Tsimshian
Made in: Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution: National Museum of Natural History

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