Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Birger Roos; acquired by MAI through an exchange with Birger Roos in 1969.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
- Previous owner
- Birger Roos, Non-Indian
- Date created
- 1870-1890
- Object Name
- Box with cover
- Media/Materials
- Birchbark, wood, porcupine quills, spruce root, iron nails, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Folded, wrapped, dyed, quill embroidered, stitched
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
