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Birch bark box and cover
Object Number 19-22-10/87512
Display Title Birch bark box and cover
Descriptions
Object Description Birch bark box and cover with spruce root. Double curve motif.
Inventory Description Birch bark box and lid, rectangular, engraved design, wood rim
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date pre 1800
Culture
  • Passamaquoddy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine
Materials Bark, Spruce Root
Dimensions Overall: 17.3 x 27 x 19.7 cm (6 13/16 x 10 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87512
Provenance
Owner Family of Nathan Longfellow (1800?)
Collector Arlo Bates (?)
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1919)
Donor Arlo Bates (1919)

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