Box with cover with weasel (?) design

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Date created: circa 1950

Culture/People: Algonquin (Algonkin)
Previous owner: George Terasaki, Non-Indian; Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
Donor: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian; Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) from George Terasaki (a New York art dealer) in 1964; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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Place: Eastern Canada; Canada

See related items: Algonquin (Algonkin); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/1664
Barcode: 251664.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Box with cover with weasel (?) design
Media/Materials: Birchbark, conifer root, wood, hide thong/babiche
Techniques: Folded, stitched, etched, tied
Dimensions: 23 x 19 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6285ad266-a2c0-447f-9fbd-2e31c9b05005

Record ID: NMAI_267461