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Rectangular Lidded Box

Identifier:
203675
Description:
Rectangular lidded box with all-over quilling on sides and edge of lid in natural and orange. Orange flower in center. Corners of box are rounded, sweetgrass on edge of lid.

In pencil on bottom, 'VT/65'.
Date:
1935 – 1945
Materials:
Porcupine Quill, Sweetgrass, Thread, Bark
Current Location Status:
On Loan
Collection Tier:
Tier 2
Source:
Gift Of Herrick, Ruth
Related Entities:
Ottawa (creator)
Alternate names: Odaawa, Odawa Chippewa (creator)
Alternate names: Ojibway, Ojibwe, Saulteaux Estate of Dr. Ruth Herrick (donor)
Born on July 6, 1895 in Ohio, Ruth Herrick became known as one of the first women physicians in Michigan. She studied at the University of Chicago Medical College and at Blodgett Memorial Hospital. Afterwards she began her practice in 1931 in Grand Rapids. She was an avid collector and took a strong interest in archaeology, having lectured at the Greenfield Village Museum and wrote and published a book entitled "Greentown glass: the Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company and allied manufacturers (1959)". In 1961 she cooperated with the Kent County Medical Society in compiling a historic medical collection. She retired in 1973 and later passed away after an automobile accident on June 7, 1974, with many of her assets bequeathed to the Public Museum.