Birchbark game call

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Object Number 41-72-10/24405

Display Title Birchbark game call

Descriptions

Inventory Description Unidentified musicial instrument, coiled bark, tubular, 1 end lashed with twig/b

Classification

Unclassified

Department Ethnographic

Date 1900-1941

Culture

Algonquin

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America

Additional Geographic Terms Eastern Woodlands

Materials Bark, Wood

Dimensions Overall: 52.5 x 4.1 cm (20 11/16 x 1 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 41-72-10/24405

Provenance

Collector David I. Bushnell, Jr. (1899-1939)

Donor David I. Bushnell, Jr. (08/01/1941-11/08/1940)

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