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Decorative arts
Small Makuk
1 of 10
- Date
- late 18th to early 19th century
- Accession number
- 2016.25.48
- Maker
- Unknown, American(Opens in new tab) (American)
- Dimensions
- 6 × 5 × 5 in. (15.2 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm.)
- Medium
- birchbark and spruce root
- Description
- A small covered container of traditional Makuk shape, square bottom with slanted walls and round top; scratched decorated design of early traditional form; cross hatched diamonds, "S" scrolls and tree-foils
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
- Department
- American Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
