Quilled Chair Seat and Back
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Caption
Mi'kmaq. Quilled Chair Seat and Back, 19th century. Porcupine quills, birchbark, Back: 15 1/2 × 9 3/4 × 1/4 in. (39.4 × 24.7 × 0.6 cm) Seat: 12 13/16 × 14 3/16 × 1/4 in. (32.5 × 36 × 0.6 cm) mount: 16 1/2 × 14 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (41.9 × 36.2 × 34.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 09.867a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Culture
Title
Quilled Chair Seat and Back
Date
19th century
Geography
Possible place made: Nova Scotia, Canada, Possible place made: New Brunswick, Canada, Possible place made: Maine, United States, Possible place made: Newfoundland, Canada
Medium
Porcupine quills, birchbark
Classification
Dimensions
Back: 15 1/2 × 9 3/4 × 1/4 in. (39.4 × 24.7 × 0.6 cm) Seat: 12 13/16 × 14 3/16 × 1/4 in. (32.5 × 36 × 0.6 cm) mount: 16 1/2 × 14 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (41.9 × 36.2 × 34.9 cm)
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Accession Number
09.867a-b
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