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Covered birch bark box
Object Number 14-29-10/85768
Display Title Covered birch bark box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, birch bark with lid, circular, incised hunting scenes and floral designs
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Passamaquoddy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
North America / Canada
Materials Birchbark, Brown Ash
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 20.3 x 20.1 cm (3 15/16 x 8 x 7 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85768
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (?)
Donor Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1914)

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