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Datec. 1870
DimensionsOverall: 23 × 18 1/4 in. (58.4 × 46.4 cm)
Object numberT0297
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextMi'kmaq (Micmac) women are among the finest quillworkers in North America, creating intricate geometric designs on birchbark. They produced a wide range of objects that appealed to the Canadian and American public. Designed to be used on a table, this mat has a very elaborate border detailed with silk binding and white beads.
Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.

Coming Home, Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine, January 20, 2015 - January 20, 2016.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Munich, Germany; William Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyPerriot Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Art des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris: Somogy editions d'Art, 1999, p. 22, fig. 10.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.87.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 98.
On View
On view
Box
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
1847-1854
Bag
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1840-1850
Bag
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1840-1850
Box
Wendat (Huron)
1847-1854
Mat
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1870
Moccasins
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1840
Knife Sheath
Wendat (Huron)
c. 1830
Moccasin
Wendat (Huron)
c. 1838
Dagger
Tlingit
1790-1810
Box
Penobscot
c. 1890
Canoe Model
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
1847-1854
Case
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1870

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