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Covered quill-work boxes
Covered quill-work boxes
Object Number 25-5-10/98168.1
Display Title Covered quill-work boxes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box with cover, round, floral quill design top and sides, on birch bark
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bois Forte?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Birchbark, Quill, Fiber, Cotton thread
Dimensions Overall: 14.1 x 14 x 13.8 cm (5 9/16 x 5 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98168
Provenance
Collector Charles Ashley Weare (01/01/1890-01/01/1900)
Donor John Weare (01/01/1925)

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