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Object Number
05-41-10/65556
Display Title
Birchbark box
Descriptions
Object Description
Birchbark box
Inventory Description
Box, oval, wood, polychrome quill decoration throughout
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca.1799
Culture
- Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
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Nova Scotia
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Annapolis County
Materials
Birchbark Porcupine quill Spruce root
Dimensions
Overall: 8.5 x 17.5 x 1 cm (3 3/8 x 6 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
05-41-10/65556; P.M.H.U.; L.J. Downie/Margaretville/Annapolis Co/Nova Scotia; Ma
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. J. MacNeill
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