Lidded Container
Lidded Container
Place of OriginNorth America
Datemid 18th century
Dimensions2 7/8 × 4 7/8 in. (7.3 × 12.4 cm)
MediumBirchbark, porcupine quills, natural dye
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from The Joseph and Kathleen Magliochetti Fund
Object number
2023.374A-B
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 18
DescriptionA Mi’kmaq quilled birchbark lidded container of circular form, decorated on the top with a quillwork section, in red, ivory and black, with two half-circles, each enclosing a stepped device, overlaying a striped ground.
Published ReferencesPhillips, Ruth B. and Dale Idiens, “‘A Casket of Savage Curiosities’: Eighteenth-century Objects from Northeastern North America in the Farquharson Collection,” Journal of the History of Collections, 1994, vol. 6, no. 1.
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