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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
Materials
Bark Quill Spruce root
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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