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Box
between 1890 and 1910
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Native american
Micmac
Birch bark, porcupine quills, dye, and brass tacks
Overall (with lid): 5 1/4 × 9 × 6 inches (13.3 × 22.9 × 15.2 cm)
Baskets
Indigenous Americas
Bequest of Mary F. Stevens
10.18.82
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Markings
Inscribed in pencil on bottom: $3.50, 14, L[illegible]
Sticker: 671 Sticker: porcupine basket
Provenance
Mary F. Stevens [died ca. 1910] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1910-present, bequest to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Micmac, Native American, Box, between 1890 and 1910, birch bark, porcupine quills, dye, and brass tacks. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mary F. Stevens, 10.18.82.
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