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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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3895, described as Wooden paint box (with lid missing) representing a seal moving on ice. A serpentine is painted in green, red, and black. Used for storage of paints and projectile points.
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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3893a,b, described as Unpainted wooden box with inset beads (two of the three beads are missing). The cover is carved in the form of an abstracted seal shape (swimming fast against the current) and contains a blue glass bead in the center. Used for holding spear points.
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-5685a,b, described as Wood box; inlay brass, ivory, porcelain, etc.; in figures of sword, clamshell, etc.; outside; inside copper tone lacquer by HUNZAN YEDO, Tokyo, 1743-60; height 4 1/8 in, 7 3/8 in x 10 7/8 in
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-124, described as 6 bone or ivory cylindrical boxes, with covers inlaid with gold discs. For incense ceremony (?). Were in drawer of No. 9-123.
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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3892a,b, described as Wooden box, painted red and black, representing a seal with inset eyes and one front flipper broken off. The lid is cut from the back of the seal. Eyes, ears, and nostrils are made of inlaid bone pegs. Used for the storage of paints and projectile points.

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