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Birch bark box ornamented with quill work
Birch bark box ornamented with quill work
Object Number 04-34-10/63590
Display Title Birch bark box ornamented with quill work
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, wood, round, polychrome quill decoration
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date pre 1800
Culture
  • Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nova Scotia / Annapolis County
Materials Quill Birchbark Spruce root
Dimensions Overall: 8.2 x 10.5 x 0.7 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63590
Provenance
Owner Family of Mrs. R. F. Brown (ca.1800)
Donor Mrs. R. F. Brown (? - 1904)

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