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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
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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