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Sagebrush bark bag
Object Number 90-17-10/48408
Display Title Sagebrush bark bag
Descriptions
Object Description Sagebrush bark bag
Inventory Description Basket, bag, woven, open weave at neck, twined fiber
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Fraser region?; New Caledonia?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 61.3 x 35.5 x 16 cm (24 1/8 x 14 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48408
Credit Line Gift of the American Antiquarian Society, 1890
Provenance
Collector Roderick MacKenzie
Donor American Antiquarian Society (1890)

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