About the Artwork
Box with Cover
ca. 1800
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Native american
Canadian
Wood
Overall (box): 9 1/4 × 14 × 8 7/8 inches (23.5 × 35.6 × 22.5 cm) Overall (cover): 2 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 9 1/8 inches (7 × 34.9 × 23.2 cm)
Wood and Woodcarving
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase, Director's Discretionary Fund
65.87
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed in pencil, under lid: le 14 juin Carved under bottom: [glyph which looks like conjoined AE and additional mark]
Provenance
purchased by Harriet Velz (Mrs. Clarence J. Velz
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA) in Beaumont, Quebec, Canada
1965-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Canadian, Native American, Box with Cover, ca. 1800, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Director's Discretionary Fund, 65.87.
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