Maple Leaf Quill Box

Maple Leaf Quill Box

Birch Bark Quill Box

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 quills in the center with diagonal lines around them and in each of the corners, there are pine needles made of green quills. The edges of the box are lined with dried Sweetgrass that is fastened on with black thread along the lid and the top edge of the box while the sides are fastened on with white. Along the sides of the box is a simple pattern of lines made up of different colored quills. The bottom of this pattern is a dark green that in vertical while the top portion of the design is made of natural quills and points to the right. There are some small marks on the bottom of the box that are most likely from what was kept in the box.

Rose Williams

The MSU Museum

The MSU Museum

2017

Donated to the MSU Museum

Nibwaakaa Museum Items 2020 Document

Birch Bark, Sweetgrass, Porcupine Quills

English

Still Image

Quill Box