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Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4684, described as Carved and painted

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-1496a,b, described as Carved wooden storage box (ceremonial?); elongated teardrop shape; relief of a swimming mythological animal on cover; painted red and black (worn); black painted figures of man with bow and arow and 2 killed deer on inside of cover; rawhide thong and fastenings.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-14262a,b, described as Carved, wooden, with hinged cover. Totemic design of beaver (?). Cedar. Design and wood type identified by Charles Brown.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-1591a,b, described as Wooden container in shape of an upright seal. Painted red, stone eyes, ivory hinge attaching cover. Cover represents seal's head.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4559a,b, described as Wooden paint box in shape of seal carrying its young. Painted serpentine green and red. Lid on mother's back represents baby seal. Carved; representing a mother seal with her baby on the back, which is also the lid. Heads and shoulders are red, rest of body light blue. Blue is rarely seen north of Alaska Peninsula. Carving style clearly Bering Sea Eskimo. Yup'ik name: ekviutat.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4808, described as Carved and painted wooden box; bent wood sewn at one corner; bottom piece laced to sides; mythical animal design (Bear ?) in red and black. Colors very faded.

Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 2-4696, described as Forged copper, with long-beaked bird head at one end, excised oval at other end; incised perpendicular lines; oval with 1.8 cm. opening. Bird possibly represents a loon.

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