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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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