Snuffbox

Museum number:
2-19306
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Hexagonal brass snuff box with wooden plug. Wood with brass veneer. Thong missing from lid.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Nunivak Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
John Cantwell
Collection date:
October 1893
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 6.5 centimeters and length 11.4 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuffbox, accession number 2-19306, described as Hexagonal brass snuff box with wooden plug. Wood with brass veneer. Thong missing from lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuffbox, accession number 2-19306, described as Hexagonal brass snuff box with wooden plug. Wood with brass veneer. Thong missing from lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuffbox, accession number 2-19306, described as Hexagonal brass snuff box with wooden plug. Wood with brass veneer. Thong missing from lid.

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