Object name: Box / Object class: Boxes (containers) / Function: 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3880, described as Ivory box with wooden top with missing thong. Engraved animals and hunting scene. Cut from section of a tusk. Geometric bands incised at both edges and twice diagonally through the surface.

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 2-3879, described as Ivory box with wooden bottom. Incised hunting scenes include caribou and umiak. Round hole in top, probably for stopper. Made from section of a walrus tusk. Cap box? Might be quid box or tourist novelty.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 5-834, described as Made by men. The boxes are carved and burnt-etched and often covered with fat mixed with red powder.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 5-918, described as Snuff buff; stained incised designs; height 7.4 cm, width 3.15 cm. Collected 1947-8.