Cylindrical body with slightly domed conforming lid. Overall geometric design in polychrome woven straws. Interior of basket lined with wood. Possibly a sewing basket.
baskets (containers)
quill (spine)
wood (plant material)
weaving
Native American
Box
Box
Embellishing garments and household objects with porcupine quills was practiced by woodland tribes in North America long before European settlement. This box, made in the second half of the nineteenth or the early twentieth century, is ornamented with the traditional colors of cream, red, and blue.
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Probably Mic Mack Indians (Maker)
USA, Eastern
4 x 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.949
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