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Cylindrical lidded leather box with cross-hatching and linear stripe patterns woven in white and brown straw. The brown rimmed lid has a central floral motif woven atop it.
The lid to a cylindrical leather box, with a central floral motif woven atop it, sits next to the box with a linear stripe patterns woven on the sides and a brown, leather interior.
Cylindrical lidded leather box with cross-hatching and linear stripe patterns woven in white and brown straw. The brown rimmed lid has a central floral motif woven atop it.
Cylindrical lidded leather box with cross-hatching and linear stripe patterns woven in white and brown straw. The brown rimmed lid has a central floral motif woven atop it.
The bottom of a cylindrical leather box. White weaving is visible at the edges.
Cylindrical lidded leather box with cross-hatching and linear stripe patterns woven in white and brown straw. The brown rimmed lid has a central floral motif woven atop it.
The top of a cylindrical lidded leather box with central floral motif woven woven in white and brown straw.
Cylindrical lidded leather box with cross-hatching and linear stripe patterns woven in white and brown straw. The brown rimmed lid has a central floral motif woven atop it.
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  • Cylindrical lidded leather box with cross-hatching and linear stripe patterns woven in white and brown straw. The brown rimmed lid has a central floral motif woven atop it.
  • The lid to a cylindrical leather box, with a central floral motif woven atop it, sits next to the box with a linear stripe patterns woven on the sides and a brown, leather interior.
  • Cylindrical lidded leather box with cross-hatching and linear stripe patterns woven in white and brown straw. The brown rimmed lid has a central floral motif woven atop it.
  • Cylindrical lidded leather box with cross-hatching and linear stripe patterns woven in white and brown straw. The brown rimmed lid has a central floral motif woven atop it.
  • The bottom of a cylindrical leather box. White weaving is visible at the edges.
  • Cylindrical lidded leather box with cross-hatching and linear stripe patterns woven in white and brown straw. The brown rimmed lid has a central floral motif woven atop it.
  • The top of a cylindrical lidded leather box with central floral motif woven woven in white and brown straw.
  • Cylindrical lidded leather box with cross-hatching and linear stripe patterns woven in white and brown straw. The brown rimmed lid has a central floral motif woven atop it.

Unknown Maker, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)

Box

Maker

Unknown Maker, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)

Culture

Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Native North American

Title

Box

Year

before 1944

Medium

  • Birchbark,
  • porcupine quills,
  • thread,
  • and plant fiber

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Birchbark,
  • porcupine quills,
  • thread,
  • and plant fiber

Materials

bark, porcupine quill

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

44.594

Type

  • Fiber Art

Exhibition History

Being and Believing in the Natural World
Perspectives from the Ancient Mediterranean, Asia, and Indigenous North America
Oct 22, 2022 – Jun 04, 2023

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Unknown Maker, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)
Box, before 1944
Birchbark, porcupine quills, thread, and plant fiber
Museum Works of Art Fund 44.594

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