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Covered basket container
Covered basket container

Covered basket container

about 1875
Object PlaceMaine or Nova Scotia, Canada
Medium/TechniquePorcupine quills and birch bark
Dimensions10.79 x 13.02 x 20.32 cm (4 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. William White Howells
Accession number1973.161a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBasketry
Collections
InscriptionsOn bottom: Micmac / Nova ScotiaProvenanceWilliam White Howells (b. 1908- d. 2005) and Muriel Seabury Howells (b. 1910 - d. 2002), Cambridge, MA and Kittery, ME; 1973, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William White Howells to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 14, 1973)
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Restricted: For reference only
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