Box

Museum number:
2-3896
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003896
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small, carved box representing mother and baby seal. Missing.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Eskimo St.Michael
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Noted as missing 1959.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3896, described as Small, carved box representing mother and baby seal. Missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3896, described as Small, carved box representing mother and baby seal. Missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3896, described as Small, carved box representing mother and baby seal. Missing.

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