Object name: Box / Collection place: North America / Loans: S1974-1975 #41: Palo Alto Cultural Center (January 6, 1975–March 19, 1975) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object name Box Collection place North America Loans S1974-1975 #41: Palo Alto Cultural Center (January 6, 1975–March 19, 1975)

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-33830, described as Carved cedar box; sixk' (six = box, k' = "small"); steamed and bent. The design represents a killer whale. Ceremonial dish, lined with skunk cabbage leaves, to contain valuable oil or some other valuable material. Used at totem pole erections and at burials. (Charles Brown, 1964)