Trinket box

Museum number:
2-3888a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21023888a@2dc
Alternate number:
x-34 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden trinket box with two chambers. The carved cover for each chamber is in the form of a seal (with tusked masks) floating on its back. There is a removable base on the larger chamber and a hole cut inside on the wall where the two chambers join. Painted red and black with six decorative ivory dots. Cover is a fully carved seal. Used for storage.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Storage.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 8.6 centimeters and length 20 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1973-1974 #49: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1973–August 8, 1974), and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trinket box, accession number 2-3888a-c, described as Wooden trinket box with two chambers. The carved cover for each chamber is in the form of a seal (with tusked masks) floating on its back. There is a removable base on the larger chamber and a hole cut inside on the wall where the two chambers join. Painted red and black with six decorative ivory dots. Cover is a fully carved seal. Used for storage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trinket box, accession number 2-3888a-c, described as Wooden trinket box with two chambers. The carved cover for each chamber is in the form of a seal (with tusked masks) floating on its back. There is a removable base on the larger chamber and a hole cut inside on the wall where the two chambers join. Painted red and black with six decorative ivory dots. Cover is a fully carved seal. Used for storage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trinket box, accession number 2-3888a-c, described as Wooden trinket box with two chambers. The carved cover for each chamber is in the form of a seal (with tusked masks) floating on its back. There is a removable base on the larger chamber and a hole cut inside on the wall where the two chambers join. Painted red and black with six decorative ivory dots. Cover is a fully carved seal. Used for storage.

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