Box

Museum number:
2-3887a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21023887a@2cb
Alternate number:
#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:
length 30 centimeters, width 19.5 centimeters, and height 2.5 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC53-25
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 2 of 2 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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