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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?
North America / Canada?
Materials
Wood Birchbark Quill Dye Spruce root
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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