Box with cover

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Culture/People: Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
Donor: Harriet Phillips Eaton, Non-Indian, 1838-ca. 1930
Possible owner: Harriet Phillips Eaton, Non-Indian, 1838-ca. 1930; Commander Charles Phillips Eaton, Non-Indian, 1863-1922
Honoree: Commander Charles Phillips Eaton, Non-Indian, 1863-1922

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of U.S. Navy Commander Charles Phillips Eaton (1863-1922) or his mother Harriet Phillips Eaton (1838-ca. 1930); donated to MAI in 1922 by Mrs. Eaton in memory of Charles Phillips Eaton.
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Place: Great Lakes region; Canada, USA (inferred)

See related items: Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa); Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 11/4956
Barcode: 114956.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Box with cover
Media/Materials: Birchbark, porcupine quills
Techniques: Quill embroidered

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62b6fdb46-7711-4bdd-9926-50f416ac30a7

Record ID: NMAI_124051