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Object Number
42-22-10/24671
Display Title
Quill work basket - birchbark, white quills
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Box, ovate, birch bark and sweet grass with white quillwork exterior
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Nova Scotia
Additional Geographic Terms
Halifax
Dimensions
Overall: 13.7 x 22.5 x 15 cm (5 3/8 x 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
42-22-10/24671
Provenance
Collector
Alexander s. Porter
(1912)
Donor
Mrs. William Stanley Parker
(1942)
Donor
Miss Frances R. Porter
(1942)
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