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10/27/2024 - 11/10/2024
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***PREVIEW: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9 FROM 11AM - 3PM *****PICK UP TIMES: MONDAY NOVEMBER 11 FROM 12PM - 6PM & TUESDAY NOVEMBER 12 FROM 12PM - 6PM LOCATION: 92 Old Berry Mills Rd, Berry Mills, NB, CANADA Please arrive on time for pick up, with supplies and additional help if needed. Once the auction has closed you will receive a confirmation email with ... Show More


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Lot # 85
Estimate 600.00 - 800.00 CAD
Group - Category Antiques & Collectibles - Collectibles - Cultures / Ethnicities
Lead MI'KMAQ BIRCH BARK QUILL BOX C1880
Description
5.5 X 4.25 X 3.5 INCHES HEIGHT CONDITION - BOX & FORUM IS IN SOLID CONDITION - SOME QUILL LOSS TO THE LID. Mi’kmaq in the Nova Scotia/ New Brusnwick region of Canada have used dyed porcupine quills as decorative ornamentation for hundreds of years, practicing this art long before their contact with Europeans. Explorers and fishermen who first encountered Mi’kmaq recorded observations of decorative quillwork, such as in this sailor’s account written in 1606: “…the maids and women do make matachias (bracelets) with the quills or bristles of the porcupine, which they dye black, white and red colours, as lively as possible may be.” (Whitehead, 1982)* Given that there are 20,000-30,000 quills on a single porcupine (yes, somebody counted them), they were an abundant source of raw material for handicrafts. Not long after white people started living and trading among them, Mi’kmaq people turned their craftsmanship skills to making objects to sell to Europeans. They had traditionally used techniques such as stitchery, loom weaving, wrapping and plaiting of porcupine quills to decorate objects for their own use. They also decorated their birch bark canoes with porcupine quills, so inserting quills into birch bark to make decorative designs was another technique within their traditional repertoire. By the mid-1700s, when the souvenir industry was in full swing, the bark insertion technique had become the Mi’kmaq’s dominant form of quill ornamentation. Birch bark boxes decorated with geometric mosaics of dyed porcupine quills were a staple of the Mi’kmaq’s trade with French and English settlers. European entrepreneurs began buying up these crafts, and ships’ captains would resell them at their ports of call. By the early 1800s, the sale of quillwork and other Indian crafts in Great Britain had become lucrative enough that their importation was taxed by the British government. As the fur trade declined throughout the early 19th century, quill work became a primary source of Mi’kmaq’s income. This explains their motivation to adapt quickly to European tastes, which during the Victorian era included fancifying even everyday household items such as tea cozies, straight-edge razor cases, comb boxes and napkin rings. Sometime around 1840, a European fad for furniture inset with panels of quilled birch bark emerged. Mi’kmaq women began to add chair bottoms made of birch bark ornamented with dyed porcupine quills to their wares. In 1851, the Nova Scotia Industrial Exhibition offered a prize for “the best quill work chair bottoms.”
Name KEY AUCTIONS FALL FINE ART AUCTION
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Type Online-Only Auction
Date(s) 10/27/2024 - 11/10/2024
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Sunday October 27 - Sunday November 10 at 8pm (Staggered close begins)
Preview Date/Time Saturday November 9 from 11am - 3pm
Checkout Date/Time Monday November 11 from 12pm - 6pm & Tuesday November 12 from 12pm - 6pm
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ONLINE FINE ART AUCTION
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9.01 - 48.00 2.00 CAD
48.01 - 95.00 5.00 CAD
95.01 - 290.00 10.00 CAD
290.01 - 975.00 25.00 CAD
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