Box or dish

Museum number:
2-3977
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
carved wood; semi- circular and flat in shape. Half of a lid or bottom of a box or dish. The other half of the circle was sawn through two sticks with baleen; some remnants of red paint; one side heavily used as a work bench. The missing rim made of
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box or dish, accession number 2-3977, described as carved wood; semi- circular and flat in shape. Half of a lid or bottom of a box or dish. The other half of the circle was sawn through two sticks with baleen; some remnants of red paint; one side heavily used as a work bench. The missing rim made of

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