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Barnebys HQ
Brahegatan 10
BOX 5038
114 37 Stockholm
All auctions / Carpets, Rugs & Textile / Nova Scotia Provenance Quill Box With Sawtooth Motif
Canadian. Mi'kmaq quill-decorated rectangular box with sawtooth motifs on the top and chevron pattern on the body in pale blue, red, and white quills, with a spruce root band on the lid and the base edge. Written in faint pencil, “A.G. Dennis + B.C. Dennis 1850 Passed to son Chas S. Dennis 1898”, on the pine bottom. An old handwritten note inside adds, “This box made by the Indians in Nova Scotia from Birch Bark and Porcupine Quills. Over 100 years old. Given to Mrs. James Ross by her Aunt Mahala Jenks 40 years ago”. Nova Scotia. C. 1840.
Estimate:£1,065.24
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