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Object Number 88-51-10/50494
Display Title Kelp receptacle for oil
Descriptions
Inventory Description Kelp bundle, cracked, worn, efflorescing
Classification
  • Seaweed
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Makah
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Washington
Additional Geographic Terms Neeah Bay
Materials Kelp
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 10.3 x 6.4 cm (9 7/16 x 4 1/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50494 & 50494
Provenance
Collector James G. Swan
Intermediary Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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