Box with cover

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Culture/People: Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
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; formerly in the collection of Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast); 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: Nova Scotia; Canada (inferred)

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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/1656
Barcode: 251656.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Box with cover
Media/Materials: Birchbark, sweetgrass, porcupine quills, spruce root, dye/dyes, metal pin/pins
Techniques: Stitched, quill embroidered
Dimensions: 10 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62b728b55-fcd3-44ca-a61e-f42e07e4584d

Record ID: NMAI_267453