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Object Number 04-28-10/63514
Display Title Birchbark container or dish. Spruce root lashing.
Descriptions
Object Description Birchbark container or dish. Spruce root lashing. Spruce root reinforcement belo
Inventory Description Bowl, square base, woven fiber round rim, folded birch bark, construction
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kutchin?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Yukon, Upper
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 21 x 20.8 cm (7 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 8 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63514
Credit Line Exchange with the Department of Anthropology, Unviersity of California, Berkeley, 1904
Provenance
Collector Rev. Charles Lemon Hall (1894-1901)
Exchange participant Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904)

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