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Cylindrical birch bark box with cover--curvilinear design
Cylindrical birch bark box with cover--curvilinear design
Object Number 39-12-10/18161
Display Title Cylindrical birch bark box with cover--curvilinear design
Descriptions
Object Description Cylindrical birch bark box with cover. Double curve motif.
Inventory Description Box, w/ lid, birchbark, cylindrical, curvilinear designs, lid cracked and broken
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northeast
  • Passamaquoddy?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Washington County / East Machias
Materials Birchbark, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 18.5 x 19 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 39-12-10/18161
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Laura Poor Stone (ca. 1832)
Donor Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder (January 28, 1939)

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