Cap box ?

Museum number:
2-1463
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Section walrus tusk with red stained wood base and lid, incised circle and dot motif.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cap boxes
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Cap box(?). May also be snuff box.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 3.9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cap box ?, accession number 2-1463, described as Section walrus tusk with red stained wood base and lid, incised circle and dot motif.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap box ?, accession number 2-1463, described as Section walrus tusk with red stained wood base and lid, incised circle and dot motif.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap box ?, accession number 2-1463, described as Section walrus tusk with red stained wood base and lid, incised circle and dot motif.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap box ?, accession number 2-1463, described as Section walrus tusk with red stained wood base and lid, incised circle and dot motif.

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