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Wooden boxes, Eskimo.
Object Number 69-19-10/1241
Display Title Wooden boxes, Eskimo.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Boxes, wood, rectangular, 2 withlid, 2 withhide strips at corners, peg const.
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Wood, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 12.3 x 8.4 cm (13 3/8 x 4 13/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 69-19-10/1241/ #222/ Eggs Box/ MacKenzie River/ Gau###
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1869)

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