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Micmac Quilled Oval Box,

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
Micmac Quilled Oval Box,
with intricate geometric design on top consisting of center diamond filled with complex weaving patterns, diamond placed inside stepped rectangle also with complex patterns, and rectangle centered on top of oval, sides with chevron pattern, entire box in soft natural shades of green, cream, gold, and blue, upright side of rim with cream checkered design on dark natural quills, black quills along lower edge of chevron, hand-planed wooden bottom; 9.75" long x 5" high. Deaccessioned from the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, Ohio. Very good, minor insect damage to rim with one place missing quilss, minor insect damage to sides with four places missing quills, and minor loss of black quills at lower edge, and with number "9963 D" on bottom in black ink and number "79.2524 in red ink on bottom.