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Object Number
03-2-10/62571
Display Title
Birch bark box ornamented with porcupine quills
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Box with cover, oval, quilled florl designs, clover? on birch bark
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Date
pre 1848
Culture
- Bois Forte?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Lake Superior
Materials
Birchbark, Porcupine quill
Dimensions
Overall: 10.3 x 11 x 5 cm (4 1/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
62571; 0/ 4 / Bought from Lake / Superior by CG b/r 1848 / Maple sugar
Provenance
Collector
Charles G. Loring, Jr.
(01/01/1848)
Donor
Mrs. Asa Gray
(01/01/1903)
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