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Birch bark box
Object Number 08-15-10/73082
Display Title Birch bark box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, birch bark, geometric motif quillwork lid, grass or bark wrapped sides
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date pre 1800
Culture
  • Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
North America / Canada
Materials Birchbark, Quill, Grass, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 13.7 x 22.6 x 18 cm (5 3/8 x 8 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 73082
Provenance
Owner Deborah K. Bangs (ca. 1800)
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Unknown (1908)

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