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Object Number 11-42-10/82934
Display Title Birchbark sugar basket, 'mokola'.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mokola
Object Description Birchbark sugar basket, 'mokola'.
Inventory Description Box, birch bark rectangular, with attached oval lid, straigh sides, flat base, d
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Menominee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Wisconsin / Menominee County / Keshena
Materials Birchbark
Dimensions Overall: 45.6 x 22.7 x 25.5 cm (17 15/16 x 8 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 82934; Alanson Skinner / # him personal
Provenance
Collector Alanson Buck Skinner (1911)
Donor Alanson Buck Skinner (1911)

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