Box

Museum number:
2-3891a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-37 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden box representing a baby seal on its mother's back. There is an elongated cut out section in the center. The baby seal forms the cover of the box. Blue glass features. The compartment is stuffed with hair. Used for storage of spear points.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Yup'ik
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Materials:
Colorant (material) (blue), Glass (material), Hair (material) (seal), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For storage of spear points. "Carried in bidarka" (Neumann). Slate endblade container.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 4 centimeters, length 35 centimeters, and width 8 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann 321. Remarks: Nelson Plate LXII; Fig. 2; p. 163.
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3891a,b, described as Wooden box representing a baby seal on its mother's back. There is an elongated cut out section in the center. The baby seal forms the cover of the box. Blue glass features. The compartment is stuffed with hair. Used for storage of spear points.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3891a,b, described as Wooden box representing a baby seal on its mother's back. There is an elongated cut out section in the center. The baby seal forms the cover of the box. Blue glass features. The compartment is stuffed with hair. Used for storage of spear points.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3891a,b, described as Wooden box representing a baby seal on its mother's back. There is an elongated cut out section in the center. The baby seal forms the cover of the box. Blue glass features. The compartment is stuffed with hair. Used for storage of spear points.

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