Object class: Boxes (containers) / Function: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3887a,b, described as Wooden box representing seal with inset eyes made of ivory. Box contains an elongated cut out section in the center; painted red and black. Storage for spear points.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 11-43990, described as Wooden box (tied in a culturally significant way).

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 11-43991, described as Wooden box (tied in a culturally significant way).

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3869, described as Small, tapered, cylindrical carved wooden container; bottle-like shape with a stopper and a flat bottom. Eskimo box for gun caps.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3865a,b, described as Wooden paint or harpoon box representing seal. Painted red and black. Inset with red, white and blue seed glass beads. Cover fitted into back. Storage of paint and projectile points (multipurpose box).

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4559a,b, described as Wooden paint box in shape of seal carrying its young. Painted serpentine green and red. Lid on mother's back represents baby seal. Carved; representing a mother seal with her baby on the back, which is also the lid. Heads and shoulders are red, rest of body light blue. Blue is rarely seen north of Alaska Peninsula. Carving style clearly Bering Sea Eskimo. Yup'ik name: ekviutat.