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Document Case

CultureMicmac, or Maliseet, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, Canada
Dateca. 1820
MediumBirchbark, silk, wool cloth, glass beads, velvet, and gold brocade with metallic threads
DimensionsOverall: 12 × 9 1/4 inches (30.48 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Paxton Jr.
Object number2010.59
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 208
DescriptionDocument case or book cover ornamented with glass beadwork in curvilinear designs on the front face; interior and back lined with green silk and gold brocade with metallic threads.Published References
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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