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Box
Maker
Inconnu / Unknown
InscriptionsLabel: Made...by the LORETTE INDIANS...CIRCA 1875
Date
1865-1880
Medium / Technique
Birch bark, sweetgrass, porcupine quill, cotton thread, dye
DimensionsHeight: 6.6 cm
Outside diameter: 13.8 cm
ClassificationDistribution & Transportation Objects - Containers
CultureIndigenous: Algonquin; Anishinaabe; Huron-Wendat
Geocultural Area
Eastern Woodlands
Origin
Ontario, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberM6832.1-2
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Mrs. C. B. Allardice
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