Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Milton M. Babcock (1910-1997. a collector of Native artifacts and owner of the Milton Antique Shop, Milton, Massachusetts); purchased by MAI from Milton Babcock in 1954.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
- Previous owner
- Milton M. Babcock, Non-Indian, 1910-1997
- Seller
- Milton M. Babcock, Non-Indian, 1910-1997
- Object Name
- Box with cover
- Media/Materials
- Birchbark, wood, porcupine quills, spruce root, sweetgrass
- Techniques
- Quill embroidered
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
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