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Birch bark dish
Object Number 99-12-10/52997
Display Title Birch bark dish
Descriptions
Inventory Description Birch bark dish, painted floral design over base, hole base center, fiber wrappe
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Materials Bark, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 4 x 16.6 x 16.4 cm (1 9/16 x 6 9/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52997, Canada
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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