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Birch Bark Container
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Artwork Detail - V6
Maker
Unknown
Type
baskets (containers)
Culture
Place Made
Sub-Arctic; Woodlands
Date Made
early-mid 20th c.
Materials
Bark, Birch; Quills, Porcupine
Edition
Measurements
overall: 5.70 cm x 15.00 cm x 15.00 cm
Description
Birch bark container bound together at rim with white cotton thread in simple loop stitch. Sides attached to bottom in loop stich and by extension of quill decoration over bottom rim. Two thirds of body decorated by vertical quills to bark.
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Subjects
basket; storage; container; decor
Collections
Basketry
Style
Credit Line
Gift of Commander and Mrs. A.J. Tullis to the UVic Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria
Id Number
U981.2.43
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