Box

Maker Inconnu / Unknown

Inscriptions"1770", "Old Micmac / Nest of Three Boxes / The largest"

Date 1865-1900

Medium / Technique Birch bark, spruce root, sweetgrass, ash wood ?, porcupine quill, dye

DimensionsHeight: 12.5 Outside diameter: 19.4 cm

ClassificationDistribution & Transportation Objects - Containers

CultureIndigenous: Mi'kmaq

Origin Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia, Canada

Geocultural Area Eastern Woodlands

Object NumberM108.0-1

DivisionIndigenous Cultures - Historical Objects

CollectionMcCord

CreditGift of David Ross McCord

Status

Not on view

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