Box

Museum number:
2-4806
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004806
Alternate number:
x-1202 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cedar (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
box used as a container and also put on shelf of house for decorative purposes. The Beaver-Eagle motif is a moiety crest, probably taken from the moiety's totem pole." fide Charles Brown, June 1964.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
base— length 34.925 centimeters, base— width 26.67 centimeters, and height 34.29 centimeters
Comment:
Further remarks by Charles Brown: "red cedar is the most bendable wood for boxes.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1963-1964 #91: Haida-Tlingit Organization, Oakland (May 30, 1964–June 1, 1964), S1964-1965 #100: Haida-Tlingit Organization, Oakland (May 28, 1965–June 7, 1965), and S1965-1966 #87: Haida-Tlingit Organization, Oakland (May 27, 1966–May 28, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4806, described as Painted wooden box; bent wood; beaver-eagle motif painted in black and red; red cedar. Identification of motif and wood type by Charles Brown, June 1964.

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