Box and carvings

Museum number:
2-6888
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-998 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small ivory box full of carved ivory animals and men. Hinged lid.
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:
Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf. 2-5969
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
2 centimeters, length 7.3 centimeters, and width 3.4 centimeters
Loans:
S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Box and carvings, accession number 2-6888, described as Small ivory box full of carved ivory animals and men. Hinged lid.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box and carvings, accession number 2-6888, described as Small ivory box full of carved ivory animals and men. Hinged lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box and carvings, accession number 2-6888, described as Small ivory box full of carved ivory animals and men. Hinged lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box and carvings, accession number 2-6888, described as Small ivory box full of carved ivory animals and men. Hinged lid.

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