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Small Makuk

Small Makuk

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Additional Title(s)
  • Small Birch Bark Makuk
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ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Datelate 18th to early 19th century
Mediumbirchbark and spruce root
Dimensions6 × 5 × 5 in. (15.2 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm.)
DescriptionA 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 LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Status
On view
Object number2016.25.48
Bark-covered Container
Bark-covered Container
Unknown, American
mid-19th century
Object number: 2016.25.23
Illustration 1 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Descent of Peace
Illustration 1 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Descent of Peace
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.14
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.33
Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.10
Illustration 1 to Milton's "Comus": Comus and His Revellers
Illustration 1 to Milton's "Comus": Comus and His Revellers
William Blake
ca. 1801
Object number: 000.20
Moses Placed in the Ark of the Bulrushes
Moses Placed in the Ark of the Bulrushes
William Blake
ca. 1824
Object number: 000.28
Quillwork Box
Quillwork Box
Unknown, American
ca. 1850
Object number: 2016.25.27
Illustration 4 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Satan Spying on Adam and Eve and Raphael's Descent into Paradise
Illustration 4 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Satan Spying on Adam and Eve and Raphael's Descent into Paradise
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.5
Angels; Mary Virgin; Christ on the Cross; Saint John
Angels; Mary Virgin; Christ on the Cross; Saint John
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1895
Object number: 2000.5.1279
Illustration 11 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Michael Foretells the Crucifixion
Illustration 11 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Michael Foretells the Crucifixion
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.12
Saint Stephen; Saint Alban; Saint Edmund
Saint Stephen; Saint Alban; Saint Edmund
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1924
Object number: 2000.5.952
Illustration 6 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Raphael Warns Adam and Eve
Illustration 6 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Raphael Warns Adam and Eve
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.7