Birch bark card case. [FB 30/10/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Birch bark card case. [FB 30/10/2014]
Long description: Birch bark card case. The case [.1] is made from birch birch which has an inner section and outer section. Both are edged with red dyed quills and stitched with black thread. The outer section has been embroidered on both side with floral designs in dyed moose hair. The lid for the case [.2] is embroidered on one side in the same fashion as the main body of the case. The other side of the lid has a rectangular panel of birch bark broken away [.3]. There is also a square section of embroidered birch bark which has become detached from the the card case [.4]. [FB 30/10/2014]
Geographical reference: Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada; Quebec
Person: Field collector Geoffrey Eric Slade Turner; PRM source Jessica Turner
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1954
Date collected: 1954
Acquisition information: Donated: 21/01/2014
Materials and processes: Material Birch Bark Wood Plant, Material Moose Hair Animal, Material Textile, Material Pigment, Process Dyed, Process Embroidered, Process Woven, Process Quillwork
Dimensions: Height: max 96 mm, Height: max 64 mm, Width: max 70 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Length x Width: max 17 x 33 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2014.43.2.1 Accession number: 2014.43.2.2 Accession number: 2014.43.2.3 Accession number: 2014.43.2.4

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