Box with cover

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Culture/People: Penobscot
Previous owner: Charles Presby Wilcomb (C. P. Wilcomb), Non-Indian, 1865-1915
Seller: Charles Presby Wilcomb (C. P. Wilcomb), Non-Indian, 1865-1915

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Charles Presby Wilcomb (1865-1915, a collector with interests in New England history and founder of the Oakland Public Museum in Oakland, California); purchased by George Heye from C.P. Wilcomb in 1911.
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Place: Maine; USA (inferred)

See related items: Penobscot; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/8691
Barcode: 028691.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Box with cover
Media/Materials: Birchbark
Techniques: Etched

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d4f3827e-d3e1-4abe-9893-537bb7a1f402

Record ID: NMAI_30690