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Object Number 10-15-10/76017
Display Title Quill ornamented box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, birch bark lid with bark wrap and quillwork, wood base with quillwork
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States?
North America / Canada?
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 19.8 x 15.8 cm (4 1/4 x 7 13/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76017 & 108. Wm St. / New Bedford/Mrs J.H. Kent / Presented by Mr. / Henderson /
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Mrs. J. C. Woodman (1910)

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