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Object Number 41-72-10/24402
Display Title Round bark box decorated with porcupine quill
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, birch, round, polychrome quill decoration
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Micmac?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Eastern Woodlands
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 12.9 x 0.5 cm (3 3/8 x 5 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-72-10/24402
Provenance
Collector David I. Bushnell, Jr. (1899-1939)
Donor David I. Bushnell, Jr. (08/01/1941-11/08/1940)

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