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Object Number 13-7-10/91385
Display Title Fragment of birch bark box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark fragment with design, framed and encased in glass
Classification
  • Bark
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Arlington
Intrasite Surface, 1.5' below
Additional Geographic Terms Squires Field
Materials Wood, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 12.8 x 17.9 x 0.5 cm (5 1/16 x 7 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 91385
Provenance
Expedition Samuel J. Guernsey (1913)

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