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Object Number
05-19-10/64737
Display Title
Bag of basswood bark, seig-ga-bon-mut, used for storing and carrying
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
seig-ga-bon-mut or mish-kam-ut or mish-kim-ut
Object Description
Bag of basswood bark, seig-ga-bon-mut, used for storing and carrying. The mouth could be lashed together.
Inventory Description
Bag, woven vegetable fiber, cotton string binding, braided rim, flat, multicolor
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Ontario
Additional Geographic Terms
Sarnia, near
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Cotton string
Dimensions
Overall: 40 x 52.8 x 3.4 cm (15 3/4 x 20 13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
64737
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington
(04/01/1905)
Dealer
Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington
(01/01/1905)
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