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Oval basket with cover of birch bark, sweet grass. Quill decoration
Oval basket with cover of birch bark, sweet grass. Quill decoration
Object Number 39-61-10/18597
Display Title Oval basket with cover of birch bark, sweet grass. Quill decoration
Descriptions
Object Description Oval basket with cover of birch bark, sweet grass and fiber; decorated by multicolored dyed porcupine quills in geometric design.
Inventory Description Box, birch, oval, polychrome quill decoration
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / New Brunswick
Materials Wood, Quill
Dimensions Overall: 6.1 x 10.6 x 0.5 cm (2 3/8 x 4 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-61-10/18597
Provenance
Collector Brothers of Mrs. Joseph M. Robinson (1883-1925)
Donor Mrs. Joseph M. Robinson (1939)

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