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Basket of spruce roots
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Object Number 99-12-10/53178.1
Display Title Basket of spruce roots
Descriptions
Object Description Basket of spruce roots
Inventory Description Pebbles
Classification
  • Mineral
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast, North America
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm (5/16 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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Basket of spruce roots
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