#439 (original number, Neumann) and x-33 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
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.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For storage of spear points.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 19.5 centimeters, height 2.5 centimeters, and length 30 centimeters