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Artist
Mi’kmaq
Dateca. 1855
Terms
- Boxes
- Quills
- Birch Bark
- Maine
Dimensions8.88 × 12.69 cm (3 1/2 × 5 in.)
MarkingsLabel: "Brought from Maine by Henry D. Thoreau and given to Henry L. Shattuck from whom I bought it. A. Tolman."
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Adams Tolman (1938)
Object numberTH72
DescriptionRound box, birch bark with quill work. Covered with split wood strips, colored brown. Four tiers on the sides. Top is decorated with a design done in porcupine quills. Mi'kmaq.
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
Object number: PER1177.2B