Box
Name/Title
BoxEntry/Object ID
L2024.3.65a-bDescription
Round birchbark box with incised "petroglyph" designs. Lid has rim reinforced with bent wood and spruce root sewing/binding.Context
This small etched birch bark box from Lyme, New Hampshire has primitive “petroglyph” style designs on the lid, and on the sides. Frederick Wiseman states, "The size and manufacture is similar to the much more common, mid-Maine “Penobscot” bark boxes and may actually be an import from the east. However, I have never seen a box with these designs published as Penobscot work. The spruce root sewing on the lid is unique."Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Abenaki Cultural ConservancyMade/Created
Date made
circa 1850Place
State/Province
New HampshireCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Abenaki, Penobscot
Native American, First Nation