Birch bark rolls for wigwam covering

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Object Number 11-66-10/84101

Display Title Birch bark rolls for wigwam covering

Descriptions

Inventory Description Birch bark rolls, wood brackets attached to ends of each

Classification

Building fragment

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Micmac

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / Nova Scotia

Materials Bark, Wood

Dimensions Overall: 106 x 29 x 20 cm (41 3/4 x 11 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 84101

Provenance

Collector William D. Wallis (1911)

Seller Unknown (1911)

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	34-7-10/100530.1.95	Boy watches as man and woman lay on bark strip covering of wigwam		Eskasoni
	34-7-10/100530.1.93	Man and woman laying on of covering bark strips over frame of Micmac wigwam		Eskasoni
	34-7-10/100530.1.94	Boy watches as a man and woman lay bark covering over the frame of a wigwam		Eskasoni
	34-7-10/100530.1.84	Man and woman laying on of bark strip covering over wigwam frame		Eskasoni
	34-7-10/100530.1.83	A woman covering the frame of a wigwam with bark strips		Eskasoni
	34-7-10/100530.1.82	A man and woman laying on the bark strip covering of a Micmac wigwam		Eskasoni
	34-7-10/100530.1.85	A man and woman laying on the bark strip covering over the frame of a wigwam		Eskasoni

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