Box
29-10-4
From: Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-10-4 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Algonkin |
| Provenience | Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Locus | Reservation 6 miles south of Maniwaki. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Birchbark |
| Description | "Castoreum" or birchbark scent box, wicina wyc, Undecorated. This box contains a castor which is smeared over the beaver traps to attract the game. Castoreum - is very valuable). This box is carried at the hunters belt, being attached by means of the toggle. Box with wooden cover and buckskin thong. |
| Height | 6.99 cm |
| Length | 7.62 cm |
| Width | 3.81 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Frederick Johnson (#1-93) / Gift of Frank Speck (#94-99), 1929 |
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