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Birchbark box, Molly Ockett

Birchbark box, Molly Ockett

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Description

This decorated birch-bark box was made for Mrs. John Kimball of Bethel by Molly Ockett, the last of the Anasagunticooks on the Androscoggin River. Molly Ockett provided herbal remedies to the settlers in the region.

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