On View
Not on viewQuill box
Artist
Mi’kmaq
Dateca. 1855
Terms
- Boxes
- Iron
- Quills
- Birch Bark
- Maine
Dimensions8.88 × 13.33 × 11.42 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberTH31
DescriptionQuill box or basket. Small rectangular box made from birchbark wood and quills. Geometric desing on top with chevron motif on the side. Quills in white and yellow (porcupine) quills. Iron alloy nails. Native American (Indian). Clover (?) leaves and small piece of newpaper found inside box.
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
Object number: PER1177.2B
Object number: PER1177.2C
