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Rawhide box
Object Number 37-40-10/6642
Display Title Rawhide box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, rounded leather with lid, red geometric cross design, top
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Leather
Dimensions Overall: 7.5 x 12.5 x 12.6 cm (2 15/16 x 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 37-40-10/6642
Provenance
Collector Tappan Family (?)
Donor David S. Tappan (May 3, 1927)
Donor Robert A. Tappan (May 3, 1927)
Donor Edward Tappan (May 3, 1927)

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