Box

Museum number:
2-3893a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21023893a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-39 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Unpainted wooden box with inset beads (two of the three beads are missing). The cover is carved in the form of an abstracted seal shape (swimming fast against the current) and contains a blue glass bead in the center. Used for holding spear points.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea and North, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Colorant (material) (blue), Glass (material), and Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For holding spear points.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 17 centimeters and width 5 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC31-29 p. 100 Graburn
Loans:
S1961-1962 #78: Sather Gate Book Shop (May 21, 1962–June 5, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3893a,b, described as Unpainted wooden box with inset beads (two of the three beads are missing). The cover is carved in the form of an abstracted seal shape (swimming fast against the current) and contains a blue glass bead in the center. Used for holding spear points.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3893a,b, described as Unpainted wooden box with inset beads (two of the three beads are missing). The cover is carved in the form of an abstracted seal shape (swimming fast against the current) and contains a blue glass bead in the center. Used for holding spear points.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3893a,b, described as Unpainted wooden box with inset beads (two of the three beads are missing). The cover is carved in the form of an abstracted seal shape (swimming fast against the current) and contains a blue glass bead in the center. Used for holding spear points.

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