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Grease box
Object Number 02-14-10/63455
Display Title Grease box
Descriptions
Object Description Grease box
Inventory Description Box, lid attached with leather cord, carved wood, square, incised design
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 8.9 x 7 x 6.9 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 02-14-10/63455 & 63455
Provenance
Collector Unknown (01/01/1902)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (5/01/1902)

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