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Artifact Number73-70
Current Cultural AffiliationsNorwegian
All AffiliationsNorwegian (culture)
Category02: furnishings
Sub-categoryB060: furniture
Place of OriginCountry - Norway
Place of UseCountry - Canada, Province - Saskatchewan
Country - United States of America
MeasurementsHeight 43.0 cm, Length 88.0 cm, Width 45.5 cm
Person / InstitutionAssociated party
Earliest Possible Date1853/01/01
Latest Possible Date1853/12/31
Inscription(on front/sur le devant) Anni Knuts dotter Brakki 1853. (on back/sur le dos) Nils A. Brekke. Klayton, P.O. Faribault Minnesota Nortamerika
CaptionImmigrant Trunk, Norway, 19th century
Additional InformationAnna Knutsdotter originally immigrated to Minnesota but later married a Saskatchewan farmer. At the top corners of her trunk are six-inch (15-cm) nails secured with square washers, a common feature of Viking-ship construction. This technology had not changed in ten centuries.
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