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Mi'kmaq

Notebook 1860

Birch, silk, moose hair | 14.0 x 10.0 x 1.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 84321

Mi'kmaq

Notebook 1860

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photograph: English Heritage

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photograph: English Heritage

Mi'kmaq

Notebook 1860

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photograph: English Heritage

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photograph: English Heritage

Mi'kmaq

Notebook 1860

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photograph: English Heritage

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photograph: English Heritage

Description

Mi'kmaq birch bark notebook containing British-made paper embossed with maker's name; case embroidered with strawberry design in red and green silk on one side and shell design in undyed moosehair on the other side

Provenance

Presented to Prince Albert Edward (future King Edward VII) in Canada, in 1860
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Mi'kmaq
(nationality)

Search the collection Lumsden & son
(maker)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Birch, silk, moose hair

birch, bark, red silk, animal materials, green silk, hair, paper, fibre products

embroidered, embossed

Measurements

14.0 x 10.0 x 1.5 cm (whole object)
Groupings
Category
Organic Material (Works of Art)
Object type(s)
printed & manuscript material
books
notebooks
Subject(s)
Science, Medicine and Technology
Agriculture and related techniques
Horticulture
Berries
Strawberries
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Biological sciences
Zoology
Animals
Shells (animal)
Places

Place of Production

Canada

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