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Basket-making materials (spruce roots)
Basket-making materials (spruce roots)
Object Number 17-17-10/87110C
Display Title Basket-making materials (spruce roots)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark strip bundles, tied with bark
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: 34 x 6.3 x 0.7 cm (13 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 87110c
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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