box
- Museum number
- Am1983,36.5.a-b
- Description
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Cylindrical box (a) with lid (b), of birchbark, embroidered with plain white, plain black, orange and yellow porcupine quills, and with sweetgrass trim. The design on the lid is an eight-sided star in orange, surrounded by latticework in white, with outlines in yellow and black.
- Production date
- 1983 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 10.50 centimetres (box)
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Diameter: 10.70 centimetres (lid)
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Height: 6 centimetres (box and lid)
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Height: 5 centimetres (box)
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Height: 3 centimetres (lid)
- Curator's comments
- Eth Doc 1330: 5. Lima Jocko, Wiky fancy quillbox. Star: orange, yellow white; criss cross background 4".
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1983
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1983,36.5.a-b
