Box with cover

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Culture/People: probably Mi'kmaq (Micmac) (attributed)
Previous seller: Harry Geoffrey Beasley (Harry L. Beasley/Harry C. Beasley/H. G. Beasley), Non-Indian, 1881-1939
Previous owner: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
Seller: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
MAI agent: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957

Collection History: Collection history unknown; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1912 from British anthropologist and collector Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1913.
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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: 3/4826
Barcode: 034826.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f01e8baf-1ddf-4f76-b1c2-3e5312bb9823

Record ID: NMAI_36887