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Object Number
76-45-10/10212
Display Title
Birch bark canoe
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Wig-was cheman
Object Description
Birch bark canoe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Michigan
/
Isle Royale
Additional Geographic Terms
Lake Superior
Materials
Birchbark
Dimensions
Overall: 120 1/16 × 11 13/16 × 24 in. (10 × 0.98 × 2 Ft)
Provenance
Collector
Henry Gillman
(01/01/1876)
Intermediary
Henry Gillman
(October 21, 1876)
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