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Birchbark Tray

Mid-19th Century
Medium/TechniqueBirch bark, dyed moose hair
DimensionsLength x width: 22.9 x 22.9 x 5.4 cm (9 x 9 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit LinePartial gift of James Frank and the Frank B. Bemis Fund and Hilsinger Janson Fund for Native American Art
Accession number2013.660
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceNovember 17, 1993, sold by John Molloy Gallery, New York, to James Frank, LaJolla, CA; consigned by Frank to Molloy Gallery; 2013, sold by Molloy Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 2013)
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