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70-9-87.1

From: Canada | Upper Great Lakes

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 70-9-87.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cree
Provenience Canada | Upper Great Lakes
Culture Area Subarctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Birchbark
Technique Basketry
Description

Birchbark with circular rim and rectangular base. Leather handle attached. Decorated with imprints of leaves on the side that are darker brown than the rest of the bark. White bark is on the inside. The lid to the box is on the inside.

Length 18 cm
Width 17 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970

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