Snuff or quid box

Museum number:
2-3870
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
16 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small, round snuff or quid box painted red and encircled with black grooves. Looped rawhide thong in lid. Bottom fits exactly into the wall and held with rivets.
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:
unknown
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present) and S1978-1979 #43: El Camino College (February 5, 1979–June 29, 1979)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuff or quid box, accession number 2-3870, described as Small, round snuff or quid box painted red and encircled with black grooves. Looped rawhide thong in lid. Bottom fits exactly into the wall and held with rivets.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuff or quid box, accession number 2-3870, described as Small, round snuff or quid box painted red and encircled with black grooves. Looped rawhide thong in lid. Bottom fits exactly into the wall and held with rivets.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuff or quid box, accession number 2-3870, described as Small, round snuff or quid box painted red and encircled with black grooves. Looped rawhide thong in lid. Bottom fits exactly into the wall and held with rivets.

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