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black ash tree
black ash tree
Quillbox w/ feather
Quillbox w/ feather, 2015
Quillbox made by Kim Worthington in 2015, who is a member of the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians.
Yvonne Walker-Keshick (artist), Four Views of Trout Quillbox
Yvonne Walker-Keshick (artist), Four Views of Trout Quillbox, Michigan State University Museum, 1994
A box constructed of porcupine quills, birchbark, and sweetgrass that depicts a leaping trout.
Creator unknown, item photograph by the Andrew J. Blackbird Museum., Pincushion
Creator unknown, item photograph by the Andrew J. Blackbird Museum., Pincushion, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Circa 1850, although the item has a date of 1814.
The item is collected from Cross Village, Michigan. From a large collection of quillwork collected by Katherine C. Vail, between 1980 and 2016.…
Yvonne Walker Keshick, Bear paw Quill Box
Yvonne Walker Keshick, Bear paw Quill Box, The MSU Museum, 1998
A partially finished quill box with a bear paw design on top
Glove Box
Glove Box, Anjana Palanivelu
A Chippewa quill work glove box. The top of the box has the word- gloves; embroidered on in all capital letters. Surrounding the letters a floral…
Rose Williams, Maple Leaf Quill Box
Rose Williams, Maple Leaf Quill Box, The MSU Museum, 2017
This square birch bark box is decorated on the top and sides with porcupine quills. The design on the top is of three maple leaves made of natural…
Knife and Sheath
Knife and Sheath
The knife is 12.5 inches in length and the blade is 7 ¾ in. The sheath is 9 in long with 13.5" long 7-
Strand leather shoulder strap.
Running Rabbit Quill Box
Running Rabbit Quill Box, Yvonne Walker Keschik, The MSU Museum, Photographed in 2017
This is a rounded rectangular birch bark box that is embellished and decorated with quills, which are unstained and remain in their natural colors…
Tags: Birchbark, Box, Brown, Falling Leaf, Odawa, Quill box, Quill work, Rabbit, Sweetgrass, White, Yvonne M. Keschik