Box

Museum number:
2-10426a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210210426a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Feather box and lid, carved out of a block of wood; leather thong loop through handle of box; box has square handle; lid has small handle with step pattern; width end (opposite from handle) is cut down to accommodate lid.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1918
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1919
Context of use:
Medicine box belonged to a member of a fraternity.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 8.8 centimeters, length 61.5 centimeters, and depth 7 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-10426a,b, described as Feather box and lid, carved out of a block of wood; leather thong loop through handle of box; box has square handle; lid has small handle with step pattern; width end (opposite from handle) is cut down to accommodate lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-10426a,b, described as Feather box and lid, carved out of a block of wood; leather thong loop through handle of box; box has square handle; lid has small handle with step pattern; width end (opposite from handle) is cut down to accommodate lid.

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