Box

Museum number:
2-6976
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006976
Alternate number:
74a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Section walrus tusk with incised geometric designs. Inset wood base and lid, remnant thong in lid.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1898-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Cap or snuff box.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 4.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-6976, described as Section walrus tusk with incised geometric designs. Inset wood base and lid, remnant thong in lid.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-6976, described as Section walrus tusk with incised geometric designs. Inset wood base and lid, remnant thong in lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-6976, described as Section walrus tusk with incised geometric designs. Inset wood base and lid, remnant thong in lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-6976, described as Section walrus tusk with incised geometric designs. Inset wood base and lid, remnant thong in lid.

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