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Spruce root for baskets
Object Number 05-23-10/64892
Display Title Spruce root for baskets
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark strips, light brown
Classification
  • Bark
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 14.7 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm (5 13/16 x 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 05-23-10/64892
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch (1905)

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