Curved box used for holding Huia feathers, etc. 1880s style. Gummed label on specimen bore following: (D.H.) (C w . R) ( b ). Now in accession envelope.
Donor:
Otago University Museum
Collection place:
Rotorua (Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe), New Zealand
Culture or time period:
Maori
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1928
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1966-1967 #73: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (February 20, 1967–March 9, 1967), S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), S1972-1973 #61: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 7, 1973–May 1973), S1973-1974 #17: San Diego Museum of Art (May 31, 1973–January 10, 1974), and S1973-1974 #86: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Burton Benedict (April 24, 1974–April 25, 1974)