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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