Stunning 19th Century Mi'kmaq Birch Covered, Porcupine Quill Decorated Box for the summer house very much part of the

very much part of the Cedar Tavern circle (de Kooning

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

and a Superiore cigar box label portrait on the underside of the lid

but am confident it too is Danish from the same period

a bit of a mystery--but a really beautiful one

Stunning 19th Century Mi'kmaq Birch Covered, Porcupine Quill Decorated Box for the summer house very much part of theThis 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