Box

Museum number:
2-3895
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
#29 (original number, Neumann) and x-41 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
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.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Yup'ik
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Ivory (material) and Paint (coating) (pigment, black, blue and red.)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Storage of paints and projectile points.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 4 centimeters, length 18 centimeters, and width 4.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson Pl. LXII:11, text p. 199. Second Orig. No.: Neumann 29. Neg. number: ACC49-16
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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