Pieces of bark

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Object Number 38-44-10/12768

Display Title Pieces of bark

Descriptions

Object Description Pieces of bark

Inventory Description Birch bark, inscribed with symbols, 3 rolled, 1 flat

Classification

Art 2-D

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Cree

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada

Materials Bark

Dimensions Overall: 39 x 10 x 0.05 cm (15 3/8 x 3 15/16)

Quantity 4

Label on object 38-44-10/12768/ Inscribed bark/ Cree, Algonquin/ Canada

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Richardson in memory of Theodore Jewett Eastman, Class of 1901, A.B. 1901, M.D. 1905, 1938

Provenance

Collector Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (1888-1916)

Donor Donated by Mrs. Henry H. Richardson

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