Vintage Porcupine Quill Birch Bark Box with Maple Leaf Motif Anishinaabe au gratin pan The jar has google eyes

The jar has google eyes and the lid is shaped so that it looks like it is smiling

The only issue is that the lid of the sugar bowl is lighter in colour than the body - this is most noticeable in the photo of the lid lying next to the sugar on its side

Passamaquoddy

flattering colours

This is a vintage long hair mohair teddy bear named Zotty

Vintage Porcupine Quill Birch Bark Box with Maple Leaf Motif Anishinaabe au gratin pan The jar has google eyesThis vintage porcupine quilldecorated birch bark box is a finely made example of Woodland Indigenous craft tradition, most likely Anishinaabe Ojibwe. The cylindrical form is built from hand cut birch bark panels, stitched and decorated with a woven sweetgrass band at the centre. The lid features a maple leaf motif, executed in naturally dyed porcupine quills arranged with symmetry. Porcupine quillwork predates beadwork in many Indigenous cultures and