Box

Museum number:
2-5936
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005936
Alternate number:
x-2129 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Old ivory box; bottom (3 sections), frame and splice; remnants of metal nails; bottom section warped. Possibly archaeological.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 16.8 centimeters and length 23.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-5936, described as Old ivory box; bottom (3 sections), frame and splice; remnants of metal nails; bottom section warped. Possibly archaeological.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-5936, described as Old ivory box; bottom (3 sections), frame and splice; remnants of metal nails; bottom section warped. Possibly archaeological.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-5936, described as Old ivory box; bottom (3 sections), frame and splice; remnants of metal nails; bottom section warped. Possibly archaeological.

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