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Trinket Basket

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Date
1925 – 1935
Material
bark; quill; grass; fibre
Catalogue Number
102.04.0174
Description
Lidded woodland birchbark box sewn together with thread, grass braided used for decoration at seams, floral motif on lid, approx. 15% quill loss.
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Title
Trinket Basket
Date
1925 – 1935
Material
bark; quill; grass; fibre
Dimensions
6.0 x 8.7 cm
Description
Lidded woodland birchbark box sewn together with thread, grass braided used for decoration at seams, floral motif on lid, approx. 15% quill loss.
Subject
households
Indigenous, Ojibwa
decorative
crafts
quillwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0174
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