DESIGNS

Designs embroidered with elk fur on a box of birch bark, most likely by Lorette Huron, around 1860.

The human figure is portrayed with the traditional costume: shirt with a scarf and red stockings with garters at the knee.

Encouraged by missionaries, the Hurons created many artifacts of that kind in order to increase their income.

The embroidery with elk fur was an ancient technique common to the cultural area of the Northeast.