Box

Museum number:
2-3879
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003879
Alternate number:
x-25 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Object count:
1
Description:
Ivory box with wooden bottom. Incised hunting scenes include caribou and umiak. Round hole in top, probably for stopper. Made from section of a walrus tusk. Cap box? Might be quid box or tourist novelty.
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
Materials:
Baleen and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Cap box? Might be quid box or tourist novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 6.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3879, described as Ivory box with wooden bottom. Incised hunting scenes include caribou and umiak. Round hole in top, probably for stopper. Made from section of a walrus tusk. Cap box? Might be quid box or tourist novelty.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3879, described as Ivory box with wooden bottom. Incised hunting scenes include caribou and umiak. Round hole in top, probably for stopper. Made from section of a walrus tusk. Cap box? Might be quid box or tourist novelty.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3879, described as Ivory box with wooden bottom. Incised hunting scenes include caribou and umiak. Round hole in top, probably for stopper. Made from section of a walrus tusk. Cap box? Might be quid box or tourist novelty.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3879, described as Ivory box with wooden bottom. Incised hunting scenes include caribou and umiak. Round hole in top, probably for stopper. Made from section of a walrus tusk. Cap box? Might be quid box or tourist novelty.

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