Tobacco and match box

Museum number:
11-178a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.25
Description:
Tackle box with lid (per Karen Nero). Ledger calls this a tobacco and match box with lid. Exhibited Arts of Oceania, Oct-Nov. 1970, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dalla TX. (E-P III 51; Finch p.64 [332]. “11/578” in black ink below one handle on lid and on box wall below this.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Nukuoro Atoll, Senyavin Islands, Pohnpei State
Verbatim coll. place:
Nukuor; Micronesia
Culture or time period:
Micronesian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
December 15, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1970-1971 #5: Dallas Museum of Art (August 20, 1970–December 18, 1970)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco and match box, accession number 11-178a,b, described as Tackle box with lid (per Karen Nero). Ledger calls this a tobacco and match box with lid. Exhibited Arts of Oceania, Oct-Nov. 1970, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dalla TX. (E-P III 51; Finch p.64 [332]. “11/578” in black ink below one handle on lid and on box wall below this.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco and match box, accession number 11-178a,b, described as Tackle box with lid (per Karen Nero). Ledger calls this a tobacco and match box with lid. Exhibited Arts of Oceania, Oct-Nov. 1970, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dalla TX. (E-P III 51; Finch p.64 [332]. “11/578” in black ink below one handle on lid and on box wall below this.

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