Case

NA8574

From: Canada | British Columbia

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8574
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Canada | British Columbia
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hide | Quill
Description

Animal hide "pencil" case with dyed porcupine quill ornamentation. Two rectangular hide strips are connected by a loose, fringe-like mid-section. This mid-section has decorative segments of wrapped, white quills. The rectangular sections have thin, linear designs and borders, also made with white quills. The terminal ends of the case have white quills wrapped around short fringe.

Length 64 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918

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