Dome Top Quill Box With Star

Canadian. A large, dome-top Mi'kmaq quill box with strong colour and design featuring an eight-point star at the centre, with stepped and arched motifs on the border. The lid rim is spruce root with woven white motifs (diamond, bowtie, and triangle). The sides are also decorated with vertical columns of angled quills in the same colours as the top in blue, light green, yellow, and white. The pine bottom is pegged (some pegs missing). C. 1840.

Estimación:€3,106.07

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