Card Tray Beads And Porcupine Quillwork
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Feb 1902
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. George B. Goode
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Sarah F. Goode
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "QUILLWORK CARD TRAY. BIRCHBARK, PORCUPINE QUILLS, CLOTH, RIBBON BEADS, COTTON THREAD. BIRCHBARK CARD TRAY, ROUGHLY CIRCULAR, COMPOSED OF EIGHT BIRCH BARK PANELS SEWN AROUND A CENTRAL BIRCHBARK PANEL, BY SEAMING WITH SILK RIBBON. EACH PANEL IS COVERED WITH A QUILLWORK MOSAIC, WITH THE CENTRAL PANEL FEATURING A LARGE X MOTIF. THE COLORS ARE BADLY FADED. THE EDGES OF THE OUTER PANELS ARE ALSO BOUND IN SILK RIBBON AND BORDERED WITH GLASS BEADS. THE TRAY IS BACKED WITH BLUE COTTON FABRIC. LATE 19TH-CENTURY. 1872-96." RUTH H. WHITEHEAD, NOVA SCOTIA MUSEUM, 12/4/1978." FROM CARD: "CARD TRAYS (5).---MADE OF BIRCH BARK OVERLAID WITH QUILL WORK WROUGHT IN BEAUTIFUL AND VARIOUS GEOMETRIC DESIGNS; LINES OF SILK RIBBON RADIATING FROM THE CENTER, ALSO BORDER OF THE RIBBON AND BEADS. MICMAC INDIANS (ALGONKIAN STOCK), NOVA SCOTIA, 1877. 30,831, 30,834. COLLECTED BY G. BROWN GOODE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nova Scotia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micmac (Mi'kmaq)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 038947
label: USNM Number
content: E30831-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dish