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Box, quill ornamented
Object Number 07-27-10/72082
Display Title Box, quill ornamented
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, wood, rectangular, polychrome quill decoration throughout
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
North America / Canada
Additional Geographic Terms Micmac Indians
Materials Birchbark Porcupine quill Spruce root
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 16 x 0.9 cm (3 1/4 x 6 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72082
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Pere Pacifique Restigouche (1907)

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