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Object Number
33-36-10/1395
Display Title
Large rectangular birch bark box decorated with porcupine quills
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Box, birch, rectangular, polychrome geometric quill designs throughout
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Nova Scotia
Materials
Birch, Quill
Dimensions
Overall: 15.27 x 0.6 cm (6 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
33-36-10/1395
Provenance
Collector
Mary Cabot Wheelwright
(? - 1933)
Donor
Mary Cabot Wheelwright
(? - 1933)
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