Object class: Containers (receptacles) / Collection place: Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska / Culture or time period: North American cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3887a,b, described as Wooden box representing seal with inset eyes made of ivory. Box contains an elongated cut out section in the center; painted red and black. Storage for spear points.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3890, described as Tubular box of enlaced birch bark with a lid and bottom made of wood. Thong loop in lid. Used to keep ashes of fungi in. The ashes are mingled with their tobacco.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3865a,b, described as Wooden paint or harpoon box representing seal. Painted red and black. Inset with red, white and blue seed glass beads. Cover fitted into back. Storage of paint and projectile points (multipurpose box).

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.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3859a,b, described as Elongated "eye" shaped wooden storage box with lid and rawhide fastenings. Painted red and black, ornamented with walrus and whale images in ivory, and an inlay of ivory squares and rectangles. Box contains feathers (with knots and strings attached to them, probably part of masks) and white caribou hairs. Used for storing feathers for arrows.

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 and lid, accession number 2-3866a,b, described as Wooden box, narrow, curved. Painted red with blue sides. Zoomorphic carved, with lid, in a long rectangular curved shape. Representing an otter swimming (lid). Storage.