I took this at Cripple River last July. The natives didn't bury underground in the early days but built a casket of driftwood, just propped poles and rocks against it to hold it together, and laid logs or rocks on it to protect it from animals. Of course the wood falls in after years and the bones are exposed.

Item — Box: PCA0132

Identifier: PCA0132-24

Scope and Contents

[Skeleton inside broken casket] Caption by Mary Greene. Text supplied by staff is in brackets.

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