Lid

Museum number:
2-6650
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
X-2843 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Snuffbox lid. Anthropomorphic face. Painted black features on red ground. Inlaid glass over eyes. Brass loop in mouth, probably for rawhide thong.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Copper (metal) and Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lids (covers)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
box lid
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 5.1 centimeters and length 6.3 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lid, accession number 2-6650, described as Snuffbox lid. Anthropomorphic face. Painted black features on red ground. Inlaid glass over eyes. Brass loop in mouth, probably for rawhide thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lid, accession number 2-6650, described as Snuffbox lid. Anthropomorphic face. Painted black features on red ground. Inlaid glass over eyes. Brass loop in mouth, probably for rawhide thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lid, accession number 2-6650, described as Snuffbox lid. Anthropomorphic face. Painted black features on red ground. Inlaid glass over eyes. Brass loop in mouth, probably for rawhide thong.

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