Birch bark box with cover

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Object Number 03-13-10/62427

Display Title Birch bark box with cover

Descriptions

Inventory Description Box, round birch bark with lid, quilled design on top

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Northeast

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America

Materials Birchbark, Quill

Dimensions Overall: 6.9 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm (2 11/16 x 2 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 62427

Provenance

Collector Unknown (?)

Donor Nellie Martha Betteley (1903)

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