Box; inscribed N G S X; more or less circular; painted black; carved geometric design and floral pattern; a “svepta” box; diameter 5 1/4 in, height 4 7/8 in; (b) snap-on lid
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Dale Karlia, Sweden
Verbatim coll. place:
Dale Karlia; Sweden
Culture or time period:
Swedish
Collector:
Axel O. Lindstrom
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
February 12, 1903
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1928-1929 #1: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–August 1945), S1961-1962 #76: University of California, Berkeley (May 10, 1962–June 7, 1962), S1966-1967 #19: Design (UC Berkeley) (November 1, 1966–December 20, 1966), and S1969-1970 #16: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (August 11, 1969–June 17, 1971)