Stunning 19th Century Mi'kmaq Birch Covered, Porcupine Quill Decorated Box for the summer house Good antique condition with some

Good antique condition with some dryness and light cracking to the unfinished wood

3" x 5 1/8"

very much part of the Cedar Tavern circle (de Kooning

and they make dusting off the desk or work table a pleasure

Stunning 19th Century Mi'kmaq Birch Covered, Porcupine Quill Decorated Box for the summer house Good antique condition with someThis is the sort of thing I really can't believe exists in the world; the craftmanship is so exquisite, and the manipulation of the materials such a challenging and laborious process, that its creation, to say nothing of its endurance, just amazes me. (It is many times more beautiful in person, and extremely viscerally satisfying.) I come across small Native American bark boxes decorated with porcupine quills now and then, most made for the tourist