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Root stock of equisetum palustre, for basket material
Root stock of equisetum palustre, for basket material
Object Number 05-23-10/64893
Display Title Root stock of equisetum palustre, for basket material
Descriptions
Object Description Root stock of equisetum palustre, for basket material
Inventory Description Root fragment, dried
Classification
  • Root
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest
Materials Root
Dimensions Overall: 11.8 x 1.2 x 1.5 cm (4 5/8 x 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 05-23-10/64893
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch (1905)

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