Box with cover

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Culture/People: Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
Previous owner: Family of Stephen Hopkins, Non-Indian; Margaret Loring Thomas (Mrs. Edward Thomas), Non-Indian, 1868-1966
Donor: Margaret Loring Thomas (Mrs. Edward Thomas), Non-Indian, 1868-1966

Collection History: Collection history unknown, but said to have been owned by the family of Stephen Hopkins (1707- 1785, former governor of Rhode Island); subsequently in the collection of Margaret Loring Thomas (Mrs. Edward Thomas, 1868-1966); donated to MAI by Margaret Loring Thomas in 1928.
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Place: Nova Scotia; Canada

See related items: Mi'kmaq (Micmac); Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/1009
Barcode: 161009.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Box with cover
Media/Materials: Birchbark, spruce root, sinew, porcupine quills, dye/dyes
Techniques: Quill embroidered

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d85ab5b9-b744-4024-b409-d8f02e92dc57

Record ID: NMAI_172228