Box and lid

Museum number:
2-14234a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210214234a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.673
Description:
Coiled basketry box with cover, bead design saying "Alaska 1902 Norton Bay" on lid, frieze of animals and geometric figures on shoulder of basket. Bone or ivory toggle in shape of a caterpiller on lid. Coiled wild rye grass leaves decorated with rag and with glass seed beads.
Donor:
Frederick J. Moller
Collection place:
Norton Bay, Norton Sound, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Norton Sound; Norton Bay
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Annie Moller
Collection date:
October 1986
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Boxes (containers), and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1932
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
21 centimeters and 15 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: vacuumed.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Box and lid, accession number 2-14234a,b, described as Coiled basketry box with cover, bead design saying "Alaska 1902 Norton Bay" on lid, frieze of animals and geometric figures on shoulder of basket. Bone or ivory toggle in shape of a caterpiller on lid. Coiled wild rye grass leaves decorated with rag and with glass seed beads.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Box and lid, accession number 2-14234a,b, described as Coiled basketry box with cover, bead design saying "Alaska 1902 Norton Bay" on lid, frieze of animals and geometric figures on shoulder of basket. Bone or ivory toggle in shape of a caterpiller on lid. Coiled wild rye grass leaves decorated with rag and with glass seed beads.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box and lid, accession number 2-14234a,b, described as Coiled basketry box with cover, bead design saying "Alaska 1902 Norton Bay" on lid, frieze of animals and geometric figures on shoulder of basket. Bone or ivory toggle in shape of a caterpiller on lid. Coiled wild rye grass leaves decorated with rag and with glass seed beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box and lid, accession number 2-14234a,b, described as Coiled basketry box with cover, bead design saying "Alaska 1902 Norton Bay" on lid, frieze of animals and geometric figures on shoulder of basket. Bone or ivory toggle in shape of a caterpiller on lid. Coiled wild rye grass leaves decorated with rag and with glass seed beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box and lid, accession number 2-14234a,b, described as Coiled basketry box with cover, bead design saying "Alaska 1902 Norton Bay" on lid, frieze of animals and geometric figures on shoulder of basket. Bone or ivory toggle in shape of a caterpiller on lid. Coiled wild rye grass leaves decorated with rag and with glass seed beads.

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