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Artist / Maker : |
Unknown
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Title : |
Birch Bark Container
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Date (Execution) : |
early-mid 20th c.
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Geographical Origin : |
Sub-Arctic; Woodlands
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Cultural Group : |
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Style / Period : |
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Medium / Material : |
Bark, Birch; Quills, Porcupine
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Object Type : |
baskets (containers)
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Visual 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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Accession # : |
U981.2.43
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Width (cm) : |
15.00
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Height (cm) : |
5.70
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Depth (cm) : |
15.00
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Mandatory Credit :
Gift of Commander and Mrs. A.J. Tullis to the UVic Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria
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Artist Statement : |
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