Box

Museum number:
9-256
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Curious small round bronze box; two hemispheres; central zone-like partition; three pieces in all working on common hinge; fastening of hinge is ring by which box may be suspended
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
India
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bronze (metal) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #127: University of California, Riverside (April 22, 1968–June 17, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Box, accession number 9-256, described as Curious small round bronze box; two hemispheres; central zone-like partition; three pieces in all working on common hinge; fastening of hinge is ring by which box may be suspendedHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Box, accession number 9-256, described as Curious small round bronze box; two hemispheres; central zone-like partition; three pieces in all working on common hinge; fastening of hinge is ring by which box may be suspendedHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Box, accession number 9-256, described as Curious small round bronze box; two hemispheres; central zone-like partition; three pieces in all working on common hinge; fastening of hinge is ring by which box may be suspended
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-256, described as Curious small round bronze box; two hemispheres; central zone-like partition; three pieces in all working on common hinge; fastening of hinge is ring by which box may be suspended

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