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Object Number
52-27-10/33511
Display Title
Birchbark box covered with porcupine quills.
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Box, birch bark, round, lid completely quillworked, sweetgrass ring at base
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Late 1940s
Culture
- Ottawa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Michigan
Additional Geographic Terms
Michigan, Northern
Dimensions
Overall: 4.7 x 10.1 x 9.8 cm (1 7/8 x 4 x 3 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
52-27-10/33511/ VOT-23-P/ YOOZK###
Provenance
Collector
Denver Art Museum
(1945-1949)
Exchange participant
Denver Art Museum
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