Object name: Box / Collection place: Northwest Coast, United States / Collector: unknown - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4778, described as Carved wooden box. Cedar root stitching.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-48537a-d, described as Storage box; steamed and bent cedar; a) box: painted crest on 2 opposite sides probably represents beaver and raven; red and black paint; b) lid: inset snail opercula one side only; deeply incised star; c) bottom; d) 3-ply cedarbark rope, probably original network wrapping for box.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4632, described as Carved, yellow cedar, in form of 2 wolf (?) heads. Painted red, blue, and black. Wood type and wolf heads identifed by Charles Brown.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4807, described as Carved wooden box ornamented with sea snail opercula(?); bent wood; cedar; laced at one corner.

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

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)

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.