Oval box covered with embroidery made from the hair of the N - Lot 285

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Oval box covered with embroidery made from the hair of the N - Lot 285
Oval box covered with embroidery made from the hair of the North American porcupine (erethizon dorsatum). This ancient technique is known as quillwork. This quillwork decoration is embroidered on birch bark (betula papyrifera). Length: 23 cm. Canada, Northeast Coast. Mic Mac people. 19th century. Former Speyer collection, Germany. Former Karl May Museum collection. Radebeul; then Brundl Munich collection.
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