Box

Museum number:
2-4632
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004632
Alternate number:
x-1028 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Object count:
1
Description:
Carved, yellow cedar, in form of 2 wolf (?) heads. Painted red, blue, and black. Wood type and wolf heads identifed by Charles Brown.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 11 centimeters, length 48 centimeters, and height 12 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown), S1970-1971 #49: Department of Anthropology (Wichita State Univ.) (November 24, 1970–December 1, 1971), and S1987-1988 #8: Monterey Museum of Art (August 21, 1987–November 25, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Box, accession number 2-4632, described as Carved, yellow cedar, in form of 2 wolf (?) heads. Painted red, blue, and black. Wood type and wolf heads identifed by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Box, accession number 2-4632, described as Carved, yellow cedar, in form of 2 wolf (?) heads. Painted red, blue, and black. Wood type and wolf heads identifed by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Box, accession number 2-4632, described as Carved, yellow cedar, in form of 2 wolf (?) heads. Painted red, blue, and black. Wood type and wolf heads identifed by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Box, accession number 2-4632, described as Carved, yellow cedar, in form of 2 wolf (?) heads. Painted red, blue, and black. Wood type and wolf heads identifed by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Box, accession number 2-4632, described as Carved, yellow cedar, in form of 2 wolf (?) heads. Painted red, blue, and black. Wood type and wolf heads identifed by Charles Brown.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4632, described as Carved, yellow cedar, in form of 2 wolf (?) heads. Painted red, blue, and black. Wood type and wolf heads identifed by Charles Brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4632, described as Carved, yellow cedar, in form of 2 wolf (?) heads. Painted red, blue, and black. Wood type and wolf heads identifed by Charles Brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-4632, described as Carved, yellow cedar, in form of 2 wolf (?) heads. Painted red, blue, and black. Wood type and wolf heads identifed by Charles Brown.

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