Lidded box

1900–25

Object PlaceNova Scotia, Canada

Medium/TechniqueBirch bark, porcupine quills, grass, and reed

Dimensions11.43 x 19.68 x 12.7 cm (4 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 5 in.)

Credit LineGift of Professor and Mrs. William H. Dennen

Accession number1992.381a-b

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ClassificationsBasketry

Collections

Americas

ProvenancePurchased by Olive Sheldon (Mrs. Charles Parker) Davidson (b. 1895 - d. 1970), Pennsylvania; to her daughter, Charlotte Davidson Dennon (b. 1922 - d. 1994) and her husband, William H. Dennon, Nahant, MA; 1992, gift of Professor and Mrs. William H. Dennon to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 1992)