Box

Museum number:
2-1547
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Carved ivory box. Section of walrus tusk with engraved animals. 3 seals carved in the round attached to exterior (1 missing). Wood cover has projecting seal head. Bad split in box. "April 2 1 lb. tea" penciled on bottom.
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:
April 2, 1895
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Probably tourist novelty, not snuffbox.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-1547, described as Carved ivory box. Section of walrus tusk with engraved animals. 3 seals carved in the round attached to exterior (1 missing). Wood cover has projecting seal head. Bad split in box. "April 2 1 lb. tea" penciled on bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-1547, described as Carved ivory box. Section of walrus tusk with engraved animals. 3 seals carved in the round attached to exterior (1 missing). Wood cover has projecting seal head. Bad split in box. "April 2 1 lb. tea" penciled on bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-1547, described as Carved ivory box. Section of walrus tusk with engraved animals. 3 seals carved in the round attached to exterior (1 missing). Wood cover has projecting seal head. Bad split in box. "April 2 1 lb. tea" penciled on bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-1547, described as Carved ivory box. Section of walrus tusk with engraved animals. 3 seals carved in the round attached to exterior (1 missing). Wood cover has projecting seal head. Bad split in box. "April 2 1 lb. tea" penciled on bottom.

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