Box

Museum number:
2-6653
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Alternate number:
X-2846 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Box for fungus ashes. Ivory tube case with wooden stopper with rawhide cord. Incised circle and dot motif.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For storing wood fungus ashes which are used with chewing tobacco.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 13 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: see. Nelson Pl. LXXXVI:4.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-6653, described as Box for fungus ashes. Ivory tube case with wooden stopper with rawhide cord. Incised circle and dot motif.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-6653, described as Box for fungus ashes. Ivory tube case with wooden stopper with rawhide cord. Incised circle and dot motif.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-6653, described as Box for fungus ashes. Ivory tube case with wooden stopper with rawhide cord. Incised circle and dot motif.

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