Box

Museum number:
2-3883
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-29 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small bone box for caps with wooden lid and bottom; thong attaches to the lid. Leather band encircling. Body cut from cross-section of a walrus tusk. Red stained wood and leather.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Materials:
Skin (collagenous material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For caps.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 4.4 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann 10 (?).
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3883, described as Small bone box for caps with wooden lid and bottom; thong attaches to the lid. Leather band encircling. Body cut from cross-section of a walrus tusk. Red stained wood and leather.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3883, described as Small bone box for caps with wooden lid and bottom; thong attaches to the lid. Leather band encircling. Body cut from cross-section of a walrus tusk. Red stained wood and leather.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3883, described as Small bone box for caps with wooden lid and bottom; thong attaches to the lid. Leather band encircling. Body cut from cross-section of a walrus tusk. Red stained wood and leather.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3883, described as Small bone box for caps with wooden lid and bottom; thong attaches to the lid. Leather band encircling. Body cut from cross-section of a walrus tusk. Red stained wood and leather.

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