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Painted birchbark jar container
Painted birchbark jar container
Object Number 98-21-60/52775
Display Title Painted birchbark jar container
Descriptions
Object Description Painted birchbark jar container
Inventory Description Box with lid, cylindrical, bark body, wood lid, loop handle, polychrome designs
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Additional Geographic Terms Kagan; Volga, on the
Materials Bark, Wood, Pigment, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 17.9 x 9.5 x 9.2 cm (7 1/16 x 3 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 52775; -KAZAN- 1897- / -A.E-P-

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