Box

Museum number:
2-30929a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210230929a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1931
Description:
(a) Ivory snuff box, decorated with small brass inserts. (b) Lid.
Donor:
James P. Heath, Phyllis Heath Walker, and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Unalaska Island, Fox Islands, Aleutians East Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Unalaska Island
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Harold Heath
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1964
Context of use:
Snuff box.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 4.5 centimeters and length 6 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "Aleut Art", Lydia Black, p. 125.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Box, accession number 2-30929a,b, described as (a) Ivory snuff box, decorated with small brass inserts. (b) Lid.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Box, accession number 2-30929a,b, described as (a) Ivory snuff box, decorated with small brass inserts. (b) Lid.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Box, accession number 2-30929a,b, described as (a) Ivory snuff box, decorated with small brass inserts. (b) Lid.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-30929a,b, described as (a) Ivory snuff box, decorated with small brass inserts. (b) Lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-30929a,b, described as (a) Ivory snuff box, decorated with small brass inserts. (b) Lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-30929a,b, described as (a) Ivory snuff box, decorated with small brass inserts. (b) Lid.

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