Quillwork ?placemat with birch bark backing. The quillwork is done in a geometric pattern of alternating blue and brown squares. The blue is largely faded. [FB 07/07/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Quillwork ?placemat with birch bark backing. The quillwork is done in a geometric pattern of alternating blue and brown squares. The blue is largely faded. [FB 07/07/2014]
Long description: Quillwork ?placemat with birch bark backing. The quillwork is done in a geometric pattern of alternating blue and brown squares. The blue is largely faded. There are stitches of brown quillwork around the edges of the placemat. One of a pair, see 2014.70.3. [FB 07/07/2014]
Geographical reference: Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada
Cultural groups: Mi'kmaq
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Jacqueline Milnes
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: 1800 - 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 12/05/2014
Materials and processes: Material Birch Bark Wood Plant, Material Quill, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Quillwork, Process Stitched, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Width: max 156 mm, Length: max 230 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2014.70.4
Research and responses: See page 57 of "Micmac Quillwork' by Ruth Holmes Whitehead for images of quilled placemats: Fig, 93 "Three quilled placemats, made in Newfoundland prior to 1857. Each one is a pair' and Fig. 94 'One placemat from a set of fourteen presented to the Prince of Wales on the occassion of his visit to Halifax in 1860. This has the Prince of Wales' feathers worked in black quill as a central motif.' [FB 08/07/2014]

Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Food and Drink, Vessel, Mat, Food Accessory, Lid

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