Multi-colour Oval Quill Box

Canadian. A Mi’kmaq oval box with a quill decorated top and multi-colour motifs in red, violet, blue, and white and the sides decorated with quill chevron motifs, also in multiple colours. Constructed in birchbark with a pine bottom and a removable bentwood liner. The lid rim is wrapped in spruce root. C. 1840.

Estimate:£1,597.86

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