Pincushion

41-24-24

From: United States of America

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 41-24-24
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Huron
Provenience United States of America
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Birchbark | Porcupine Quills | Moosehair | Silk
Technique Embroidered
Description

Moosehair embroidery and fine quilling (green, yellow, black) in floral design. Octagonal. Birchbark; green silk extension. Cross-hatching in pencil-like markings.

Thickness 1.4 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Outside Diameter 6 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Exchange with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1941

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