Chest

Museum number:
2-10847a
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2102010847a
Alternate number:
1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.581
Description:
(a) Oblong cedar blanket chest Length - 30 inches, width - 18 inches x 18 inches. Whale design on one side, grizzly bear on other. *Whale and grizzly bear (are associated in mythology) identified by Charles Brown.
Donor:
William A. Setchell
Collection place:
Juneau, Juneau Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Juneau
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
William A. Setchell
Collection date:
1899
Materials:
Cedar (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1922
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Chest, accession number 2-10847a, described as (a) Oblong cedar blanket chest Length - 30 inches, width - 18 inches x 18 inches. Whale design on one side, grizzly bear on other. *Whale and grizzly bear (are associated in mythology) identified by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Chest, accession number 2-10847a, described as (a) Oblong cedar blanket chest Length - 30 inches, width - 18 inches x 18 inches. Whale design on one side, grizzly bear on other. *Whale and grizzly bear (are associated in mythology) identified by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Chest, accession number 2-10847a, described as (a) Oblong cedar blanket chest Length - 30 inches, width - 18 inches x 18 inches. Whale design on one side, grizzly bear on other. *Whale and grizzly bear (are associated in mythology) identified by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Chest, accession number 2-10847a, described as (a) Oblong cedar blanket chest Length - 30 inches, width - 18 inches x 18 inches. Whale design on one side, grizzly bear on other. *Whale and grizzly bear (are associated in mythology) identified by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Chest, accession number 2-10847a, described as (a) Oblong cedar blanket chest Length - 30 inches, width - 18 inches x 18 inches. Whale design on one side, grizzly bear on other. *Whale and grizzly bear (are associated in mythology) identified by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Chest, accession number 2-10847a, described as (a) Oblong cedar blanket chest Length - 30 inches, width - 18 inches x 18 inches. Whale design on one side, grizzly bear on other. *Whale and grizzly bear (are associated in mythology) identified by Charles Brown.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chest, accession number 2-10847a, described as (a) Oblong cedar blanket chest Length - 30 inches, width - 18 inches x 18 inches. Whale design on one side, grizzly bear on other. *Whale and grizzly bear (are associated in mythology) identified by Charles Brown.

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