Box

Museum number:
2-3886
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003886
Alternate number:
x-32 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Box carved in rectangular shape with sliding lid; painted red. Box contains seeds to bring luck in hunting otter.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Mus.Catalog says "container for seeds to bring luck in hunting sea otter.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3886, described as Box carved in rectangular shape with sliding lid; painted red. Box contains seeds to bring luck in hunting otter.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3886, described as Box carved in rectangular shape with sliding lid; painted red. Box contains seeds to bring luck in hunting otter.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3886, described as Box carved in rectangular shape with sliding lid; painted red. Box contains seeds to bring luck in hunting otter.

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