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Object Number
20-13-10/87614A
Display Title
Birch bark box
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Box, birch bark, incised biomorphic figures on lid, geom. figures on base
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Sylvester Gabriel
Culture
- Eastern Abenaki?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
North America / United States
North America / United States
Materials
Birchbark, Sweetgrass, Brown Ash, Rattan
Dimensions
Overall: 10.6 x 26 x 25.8 cm (4 3/16 x 10 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
20-13-10/87614A
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. Henry Sturgis Grew
(?)
Donor
Heirs of Mrs. Henry Sturgis Grew
(1920)
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