Box

Museum number:
2-48537a-d
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
A3 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2779
Description:
Storage box; steamed and bent cedar; a) box: painted crest on 2 opposite sides probably represents beaver and raven; red and black paint; b) lid: inset snail opercula one side only; deeply incised star; c) bottom; d) 3-ply cedarbark rope, probably original network wrapping for box.
Donor:
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1971
Materials:
Cedar (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Storage box. "Smoked fish was put in storage chests, or woolens. This box is red cedar. Kerfed box means there is only the one joint." fide Reg Davidson and Jim Hart, October 1990. Household storage.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
b)— width 53.3 centimeters, a)— height 58 centimeters, c)— width 51.5 centimeters, a)— 46.5 centimeters, and d)— 69.7 centimeters
Comment:
Seen by Reg Davidson and Jim Hart, Oct. 1990, they say Haida. "See the knots? It's the traditional way of tying. The cross-hatching on the front is just to fill in, it does not mean it is a beaver. People are always saying everything has to have a name." Photo: 4 infra-red fotos taken by JBill McClennan July 1987 are filed in Lowie Museum of Anthropology darkroom.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Box, accession number 2-48537a-d, described as Storage box; steamed and bent cedar; a) box: painted crest on 2 opposite sides probably represents beaver and raven; red and black paint; b) lid: inset snail opercula one side only; deeply incised star; c) bottom; d) 3-ply cedarbark rope, probably original network wrapping for box.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Box, accession number 2-48537a-d, described as Storage box; steamed and bent cedar; a) box: painted crest on 2 opposite sides probably represents beaver and raven; red and black paint; b) lid: inset snail opercula one side only; deeply incised star; c) bottom; d) 3-ply cedarbark rope, probably original network wrapping for box.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Box, accession number 2-48537a-d, described as Storage box; steamed and bent cedar; a) box: painted crest on 2 opposite sides probably represents beaver and raven; red and black paint; b) lid: inset snail opercula one side only; deeply incised star; c) bottom; d) 3-ply cedarbark rope, probably original network wrapping for box.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Box, accession number 2-48537a-d, described as Storage box; steamed and bent cedar; a) box: painted crest on 2 opposite sides probably represents beaver and raven; red and black paint; b) lid: inset snail opercula one side only; deeply incised star; c) bottom; d) 3-ply cedarbark rope, probably original network wrapping for box.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-48537a-d, described as Storage box; steamed and bent cedar; a) box: painted crest on 2 opposite sides probably represents beaver and raven; red and black paint; b) lid: inset snail opercula one side only; deeply incised star; c) bottom; d) 3-ply cedarbark rope, probably original network wrapping for box.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-48537a-d, described as Storage box; steamed and bent cedar; a) box: painted crest on 2 opposite sides probably represents beaver and raven; red and black paint; b) lid: inset snail opercula one side only; deeply incised star; c) bottom; d) 3-ply cedarbark rope, probably original network wrapping for box.

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