Three Mi'kmaq quilled containers
Each covered, comprising two rectangular boxes with domed lids (each of wood construction with quilled birchbark overlay) and a small cylindrical box, each with all-over geometric decoration, one rectangular example with losses to the lid.
the largest: height 6 3/4in, width 9 1/4in
Footnotes:
Collector's Notes
The largest with a business card for C.F. Bessom Antiques, Marblehead, MA inscribed: Rec 1/17/27
The second largest accompanied by a note inscribed: To Those it May Concern - Ladies Handicraft Society - Dear Friends This little box is over 100 yrs old & was given our great grand-mother for a ****** of bread - by an Indian - Ms. 'Black Snake' when this country was a dense forest. The Camerons came from Loehaber Scotland. They were the pioneers. I am ill & require some money. Please try & sell for me. Yours in Hope (Mrs.) Re. S. Cameron
The smallest with a note inscribed: Rec 3/5/27 B.A.S. $5.00 Boston MA; also similarly inscribed in pencil

Each with general dust accumulation, soiling and wear commensurate with age and with a few scattered broken quills.

The second largest with an approximately 3in x 1in loss to the edge of the lid near one coner. A couple of broken stitches on the lid as well. Two approximately 1in x 1in areas of quill loss on two corners.