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Object Number
17-17-10/87132
Display Title
Storage box with lid, glawatsa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Glawatsa
Object Description
Storage box with lid, glawatsa
Inventory Description
Box, square, lid with upturned element, joined, carved designs, rope lashing
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Gwa I
Additional Geographic Terms
Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood, Cedar bark, Plant fiber, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 31 x 26.5 cm (13 3/4 x 12 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87132
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
Collector
Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
(1917)
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