Toolbox

Museum number:
2-1265a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21021265a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Rectangular wooden box for implements. Painted red borders, black detail, 9 inlaid ivory slabs with engraved and darkened scenes. Rawhide handle and fastenings. Hinged lid.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 34.2 centimeters and width 11.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1986-1987 #28: SFO Museum (June 4, 1987–August 26, 1987)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toolbox, accession number 2-1265a,b, described as Rectangular wooden box for implements. Painted red borders, black detail, 9 inlaid ivory slabs with engraved and darkened scenes. Rawhide handle and fastenings. Hinged lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toolbox, accession number 2-1265a,b, described as Rectangular wooden box for implements. Painted red borders, black detail, 9 inlaid ivory slabs with engraved and darkened scenes. Rawhide handle and fastenings. Hinged lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toolbox, accession number 2-1265a,b, described as Rectangular wooden box for implements. Painted red borders, black detail, 9 inlaid ivory slabs with engraved and darkened scenes. Rawhide handle and fastenings. Hinged lid.

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