Birch Bark Porcupine Quill Box with Purplish Blue Trillium Flower

Christine Okerlund

Birch Bark Porcupine Quill Box with Purplish Blue Trillium Flower, Baskets by Christine Okerlund
  • Okerlund birch bark
  • Okerlund porcupine quill
Savvy Price $120.00
Gallery Price $165.00
Title
Birch Bark Porcupine Quill Box with Purplish Blue Trillium Flower
Artist
Christine Okerlund
Medium
Birch bark, dyed porcupine quills, sweet grass and cotton thread
Size
1 3/4" height X 3" diameter
Signed
"Christine Okerlund 8/99" signed bottom
Date of creation
August 1999
Condition
Excellent
Provenance
Ama Va
About The Birch Bark Porcupine Quill Box with Purplish Blue Trillium Flower

You can see and hear Christine describe her process of making her birch bark baskets on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-B2TDygH0w

About Christine Okerlund
(1943-2022, Ojibwe)  Taught to make porcupine quill baskets from Debbie Hatch, an Ojibwe woman from Sault St. Marie, Christine had previously undertaken embroidery projects.

Considered a master quill basket maker, Okerlund received seven grants from the Wisconsin Arts Board to teach apprentices how to make birch bark baskets with quill designs.  
Other Works By Christine Okerlund:
  • Porcupine Quill Decorated Birch Bark Trinket Box Trillium Flower 1, Baskets by Christine Okerlund
Cultures

American Indian, Women Artists

Medium

Baskets

Subject

Floral Still Life

Keywords

Christine Okerlund, Okerlund birch bark, Okerlund porcupine quill