Box and tree section

Museum number:
2-68474a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210268474a@2dd
Accession number:
Acc.4217
Description:
Tree section with tag, covered box; (a) apple tree section, some bark attached; (b) parchment-like paper original tab with brown inscription in iron gall ink: “A Piece of an Apple Tree Planted by Peregrine White the First Child Born in the Colonies. Present by Wright.” (c) box, round cardboard with label
Donor:
James Deetz
Collection place:
Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box and tree section, accession number 2-68474a-d, described as Tree section with tag, covered box; (a) apple tree section, some bark attached; (b) parchment-like paper original tab with brown inscription in iron gall ink: “A Piece of an Apple Tree Planted by Peregrine White the First Child Born in the Colonies. Present by Wright.” (c) box, round cardboard with label

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