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Covered quill-work boxes.
Covered quill-work boxes.
Object Number 25-5-10/98168.2
Display Title Covered quill-work boxes.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box with cover, round, floral quill design on birch bark
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Birchbark, Quill, Fiber, Cotton thread
Dimensions Overall: 6.4 x 12.8 x 12.5 cm (2 1/2 x 5 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 98168
Provenance
Collector Charles Ashley Weare (1890-1900)
Donor John Weare (1925)

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