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Start Over Object class Containers (receptacles) Collection place Alaska Loans S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-1591a, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-1592a,b, described as Wooden container in shape of an upright walrus. Painted red, stone eyes, ivory tusks on cover which is carved walrus head, ivory hinge attaching cover. Made of ocher-colored wood, ivory. Nose, mouth colored w. black ink or soot, dark red jasper eyes.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3891a,b, described as Wooden box representing a baby seal on its mother's back. There is an elongated cut out section in the center. The baby seal forms the cover of the box. Blue glass features. The compartment is stuffed with hair. Used for storage of spear points.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3888a, described as Wooden trinket box with two chambers. Painted red and black with six decorative ivory dots. A hole is cut inside on the wall where the two chambers join. Used for storage.
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 2-1591a,b, described as Wooden container in shape of an upright seal. Painted red, stone eyes, ivory hinge attaching cover. Cover represents seal's head.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3864a,b, described as Wooden paint box carved to represent young seal on mother's back, painted red. Storage of paint materials and projectile points.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-1592a, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3885a,b, described as Wooden box representing a seal lying on its back with its head turned. Box is painted red-brown with a black stripe on each side. Lid fits into the belly. inset eyes and ears made of ivory. Storage of spear points.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3894, described as Box representing a walrus with three separate sections. The head and tail are carved painted wood.The head has inlaid eyes and tusks. The central ivory cylindircal sections (with engraved flippers) are incised with parallel lines and a circle motif. The center is made of ivory and the ends of wood. Possibly used as a container for sewing materials.

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