Box

Museum number:
2-10427a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210210427a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Feather box and lid, carved out of a block of wood; leather thong loop through handle of box; box has handle with step pattern; lid triangular handle with notch on top; long sides are grooved.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1918
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1919
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 57 centimeters and width 12.4 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-10427a,b, described as Feather box and lid, carved out of a block of wood; leather thong loop through handle of box; box has handle with step pattern; lid triangular handle with notch on top; long sides are grooved.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-10427a,b, described as Feather box and lid, carved out of a block of wood; leather thong loop through handle of box; box has handle with step pattern; lid triangular handle with notch on top; long sides are grooved.

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