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Bentwood Storage Box

Date1919

Mediumcedar, cedar bark, paint

DimensionsOther: 37.5 × 25.5 × 30.5 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/16 × 12 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

Terms

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1271

Object numberHRC 01271

Descriptionsmall box of cedar, kerfed and pegged with base attached. red and black atypical asymmetrical designs on all four sides. wood has been removed from outisde of kerfed corners giving a recessed corner, painted red. double two ply s twist cedar bark rrope is tied in a square pattern around all four sides and bottom. lid is missing.
collected in Masset

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