Snuff or quid box

Museum number:
2-1477
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Snuff or quid box. Bipointed oval. Alternating red and black (graphite ?) bands. Thong in lid.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kushunuk, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kushunuk
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Materials:
Graphite (mineral)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.8 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson Pl LXXXVI:11.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuff or quid box, accession number 2-1477, described as Snuff or quid box. Bipointed oval. Alternating red and black (graphite ?) bands. Thong in lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuff or quid box, accession number 2-1477, described as Snuff or quid box. Bipointed oval. Alternating red and black (graphite ?) bands. Thong in lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuff or quid box, accession number 2-1477, described as Snuff or quid box. Bipointed oval. Alternating red and black (graphite ?) bands. Thong in lid.

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