Box

Museum number:
2-3869
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small, tapered, cylindrical carved wooden container; bottle-like shape with a stopper and a flat bottom. Eskimo box for gun caps.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Eskimo box for gun caps.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
opening— diameter 1.7 centimeters, whole— height 8 centimeters, and whole— diameter 3.3 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: Nelson Pl. LXIII:27. Neg. number: ACC06-27 p. 101 Graburn
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3869, described as Small, tapered, cylindrical carved wooden container; bottle-like shape with a stopper and a flat bottom. Eskimo box for gun caps.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3869, described as Small, tapered, cylindrical carved wooden container; bottle-like shape with a stopper and a flat bottom. Eskimo box for gun caps.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3869, described as Small, tapered, cylindrical carved wooden container; bottle-like shape with a stopper and a flat bottom. Eskimo box for gun caps.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3869, described as Small, tapered, cylindrical carved wooden container; bottle-like shape with a stopper and a flat bottom. Eskimo box for gun caps.

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