Box with cover
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by MAI in 1957 through an exchange with New York City art dealer George M. Juergens (1897-1986).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 22/5860
- Barcode
- 225860.000
- Culture/People
- Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
- Previous owner
- George M. Juergens (George Matthews Juergens), Non-Indian, 1897-1986
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Box with cover
- Media/Materials
- Birchbark, wood, spruce root, porcupine quills, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Quill embroidered
- Place
- Nova Scotia; Canada
- See related items
- Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Record ID
- NMAI_240939
- Usage
- CC0
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