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Beaver bowl
Object Number 99-12-10/52998
Display Title Beaver bowl
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden beaver bowl. Carved from root of an ash(?) tree.
Inventory Description Bowl, carved wood in form of beaver
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1795
Culture
  • Kaskaskia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Illinois
Additional Geographic Terms Illinois, Southern
Materials Wood, Ash
Dimensions Overall: 13.2 x 39.5 x 14 cm (5 3/16 x 15 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-10/52998
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Collector Judge George Turner (before 1795)
Owner Peale Museum (1795-1849)
Owner Moses Kimball (1849-1895)
Owner David Kimball (1849-1873)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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