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Picture frame
Mary Selmore, Passamaquoddy
Maker
Inconnu / Unknown
InscriptionsOn bottom of photograph: Mary Selmore/ Passamaquoddy Indian / #117 / Age 101 Years / Near Eastport Me.
On label attached to back of the frame, in ink: "This is the frame in which I re-/ceived the photograph - coloured -/ of the Mic-Mac squaw - then/ aged 101-whose splendid head dress I have together with her entire costume [paper worn off - words imposible to read]./ She made this frame. See/ what I have written on the picture./ Nov.4, 1915"
Date
1900-1915
Medium / Technique
Birch bark, porcupine quill, aniline dye, sweetgrass, metal wire, metal nail, paper, silver salts
Dimensions22.5 x 18 x 2.2 cm
CultureIndigenous: Mi'kmaq
Geocultural Area
Eastern Woodlands
Origin
Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia, Canada
Object NumberM1825.1-2
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of David Ross McCord
Status
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