Box

Museum number:
2-6990a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026990a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Wooden paint box representing a seal. Lid fitted on back. Painted red stripe on each side.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1889-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Storage of paint and probably also projectile points.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 3.7 centimeters and length 21.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Box, accession number 2-6990a,b, described as Wooden paint box representing a seal. Lid fitted on back. Painted red stripe on each side.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Box, accession number 2-6990a,b, described as Wooden paint box representing a seal. Lid fitted on back. Painted red stripe on each side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-6990a,b, described as Wooden paint box representing a seal. Lid fitted on back. Painted red stripe on each side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-6990a,b, described as Wooden paint box representing a seal. Lid fitted on back. Painted red stripe on each side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-6990a,b, described as Wooden paint box representing a seal. Lid fitted on back. Painted red stripe on each side.

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