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Quill-work trays
Object Number 25-5-10/98169
Display Title Quill-work trays
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, birch bark base with quillwork, floral motif, coiled sweet grass sides
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Birchbark, Sweetgrass, Quill, Thread, Dye, Quill
Dimensions Overall: 3.4 x 17.8 x 18 cm (1 5/16 x 7 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98169.
Provenance
Collector Charles Ashley Weare (01/01/1890-01/01/1900)
Donor John Weare (01/01/1925)

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