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Birch bark box
Object Number 20-13-10/87614B
Display Title Birch bark box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, birch bark, small, cylindrical, incisd geometric motif on lid and sides
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
North America / United States
Materials Birchbark, brown ash
Dimensions Overall: 7.2 x 9.4 x 9.2 cm (2 13/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 20-13-10/87614B
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Henry Sturgis Grew (?)
Donor Heirs of Mrs. Henry Sturgis Grew (1920)

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