Box with cover

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Date created: circa 1850

Culture/People: probably Great Lakes (attributed)
Previous owner: Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
Donor: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian; Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013

Collection History: Collection history unknown, but bears a penciled date of June 17, 1855; purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) from an unnamed source in East Chatham, New York, in 1971; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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Place: Great Lakes region; Canada, USA (inferred)

See related items: Great Lakes; Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/1655
Barcode: 251655.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Box with cover
Media/Materials: Birchbark, porcupine quills, conifer root, twine/string, dye/dyes
Techniques: Dyed, folded, stitched, quill embroidered
Dimensions: 16.8 x 8 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws663438ac3-0bf8-4b19-aadc-8a4f835617ab

Record ID: NMAI_267452