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Round box made of birch bark with lid. Lid and box are embroidered with dyed moosehair in a floral pattern. Flower on lid is likely a morning glory or convolvulus, a motif often used in Wendat (Huron) women's moosehai embroidery.
boxes (containers)
Box
Box
3130
Unknown
Eastern Canada; Lincoln, MA
2 (H), 3 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.19159AB
"Boxes, Open and Shut" Presented by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, May through September, 2001.
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