Passamaquoddy Birch Bark Container

Description:

Passamaquoddy Birch Bark Container, Mocuck, c. mid-19th century, the tapered lidded form decorated with a pattern of C-scrolls, (minor damage, dark patina),ht. 8 1/2, lg. 8, wd. 7 1/4 in.

Literature: Illustrated in History on Birchbark, the Art of Tomah Joseph, Passamaquoddy, Joan A. Lester, the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, 1993, No. 9.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

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