Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1954 from the Robin Hollow Antique Shop (Mount Vernon, Maine), operated by Richard R. Austin.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
- Previous owner
- Robin Hollow Antique Shop
- Seller
- Robin Hollow Antique Shop
- Seller agent
- Richard R. Austin, Non-Indian
- Object Name
- Box with cover
- Media/Materials
- Birchbark, spruce root, porcupine quills, wood, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Quill embroidered
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
