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Object Number 94-38-10/62332
Display Title Birchbark box and cover. Animals on base - loon or cormorant.
Descriptions
Object Description Birchbark box and cover. Animals on base - loon or cormorant.
Inventory Description Box with lid, rectangular base, folded birchbark, incised curvilinear deco
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1790
Culture
  • Micmac
  • Malecite
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / New Brunswick
Additional Geographic Terms Indian village
Dimensions Overall: 6.3 x 9.2 x 6 cm (2 1/2 x 3 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 62332
Provenance
Owner Thomas Thomas (1892)
Collector Archibald R. Tisdale (1892)
Donor Archibald R. Tisdale (1892 - 1894)

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