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Object Number
20-14-10/87633
Display Title
Birchbark box. Trunk-shaped box w/wood base & lining.
Descriptions
Object Description
Birchbark box. Trunk-shaped box w/wood base & lining, treen-pegged to an exterior of bark quilled in checkered pattern. Lid side is bark wrapped w/spruce root w/interwoven quill motifs. Lid tops & sides sewn together w/spruce root. 22.5x19.5x17.5 cm.
Inventory Description
Box with lid, covered with quill design, squares on box, figurative on lid
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1829
Culture
- Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
/
New Brunswick
Dimensions
Overall: 17.2 x 22 x 18.3 cm (6 3/4 x 8 11/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
87633 & P.M.H.U. & No-771\9151 & Richard Clark
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(1920)
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