Ojibwe Birch Bark and Quill Basket By Marie Reollet

ca.1950

2.75" H x 4.5" D

Hand Crafted from Birch Bark with Fine Quill Work in a Flower Motif Design with Matching Lid Made of Sweet Grass

In Very Good Condition

An Ojibwe Birch Bark and Quill Basket by Marie Reollet (historically documented as Marie Rieullet or Marie Reollet) represents an invaluable piece of Great Lakes Indigenous material culture. These finely crafted pieces, often historically called makaks or quillboxes, are highly prized by art collectors and museums for their intricate synthesis of natural materials and mathematical geometric symmetry.