Decorative Box from Old Town, Maine [1960s approx.]
Decorative Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2023.16
Description
A small, wooden souvenir box with mass-manufactured brass latch and hinges. It has two raised wooden "feet." The lid is emblazoned with "Old Town, Maine" and a stereotypical depiction of a Native American girl. She wears premodern clothing, has feathers stuck in her braided hair, and is holding a pottery vessel with a zig-zag pattern around it. The image appears to date this box to the 1960s, although it is in very good condition and could be of more modern design and make.