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Feather box
Object Number 19-42-70/D1279
Display Title Feather box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, oval box and lid, round base, two handles, carved, incised spiral designs
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 60 x 22.5 x 12 cm (23 5/8 x 8 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D1279
Provenance
Intermediary Moses Kimball
Previous owner Previously owned by Boston Museum
Donor William H. Pierce (1919)

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