Birch Bark Box, between late 19th and early 20th century

  • Ojibwa, Native American

Birch bark, colored porcupine quills

  • Overall: 2 1/8 × 5 inches (5.4 × 12.7 cm)

Gift of Frederick Stearns

99.5B2619

Department

Indigenous Americas

L.E. Higby Esq. (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

given to his business partner, Frederick Stearns, (1831-1907, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1907-present, bequest to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Ojibwa, Native American, Birch Bark Box, between late 19th and early 20th century, birch bark, colored porcupine quills. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 99.5B2619.