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Quill ornamented box
Object Number 99-12-10/52995
Display Title Quill ornamented box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box w/ lid, round, strips of bark w/ ring of birch inside, quill decoration, da
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Micmac
  • Algonquian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nova Scotia
Additional Geographic Terms Nova Scotia, Southern
Materials Bark, Quill
Dimensions Overall: 5.2 x 6.6 x 6.7 cm (2 1/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object POISON/ 52995
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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