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Old birch bark box
Object Number 09-9-10/74550
Display Title Old birch bark box
Descriptions
Object Description Birch bark box with double curve motif
Inventory Description Box, wood, round, incised geometric designs
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Passamaquoddy?
  • Abenaki?
  • Micmac?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nova Scotia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 15.3 x 0.7 cm (3 3/8 x 6 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 74550
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Walter Hill (1909)

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