Birch Bark Container

Dene (Athabascan)
First Nation
Subarctic

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acquired 1951

Birch bark

Overall: 10 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 4 5/16 in. (26 × 19 × 11 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

51.19.12738

Geography

Place Made: Canada, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Food Processing

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Subarctic

Not on view

Provenance

Robert T. Emery (1918-2005), Lebanon, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1951.

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