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Kelp bag
Object Number 87-15-10/45772
Display Title Kelp bag
Descriptions
Object Description Kelp bag
Inventory Description Kelp, coil and fragments, efflorescing
Classification
  • Seaweed
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Alert Bay
Materials Kelp
Dimensions Overall: 14.3 x 11.4 x 8.1 cm (5 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 3/16 in.)
Quantity 7
Label on object 45772
Provenance
Collector Alice C. Fletcher (1883-1886)
Donor Alice C. Fletcher (1887)

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