Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") circa 1914; purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1915.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Odawa (Ottawa)
- Previous owner
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Date created
- 1840-1860
- Object Name
- Box with cover
- Media/Materials
- Birchbark, porcupine quills, dye/dyes, spruce root, cotton thread
- Techniques
- Quill embroidered, dyed, stitched, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 13.50 x 7.20 x 10.00 cm
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
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