Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1928 by anthropologist Vincent M. Petrullo (1906-1991); purchased by MAI from Vincent Petrullo in 1928.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Weskarini Algonquin [River Lievre/Rivière du Lièvre]
- Seller
- Vincent M. Petrullo (Vincenzo M. Petrullo), Non-Indian, 1906-1991
- Collector
- Vincent M. Petrullo (Vincenzo M. Petrullo), Non-Indian, 1906-1991
- Date created
- 1920-1925
- Object Name
- Box with cover
- Media/Materials
- Birchbark, conifer root
- Techniques
- Folded, stitched, wrapped, etched
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
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