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Basket-making materials (split cedar twigs)
Basket-making materials (split cedar twigs)
Object Number 17-17-10/87110A
Display Title Basket-making materials (split cedar twigs)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark strips, coiled together
Classification
  • Bark
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Cormorant Island / Yilis?
Additional Geographic Terms Alert Bay; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 19.5 x 2.9 cm (8 1/4 x 7 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2 coils
Label on object 87110a & 17-17-10/87110a
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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Floral Remain
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