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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
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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