Box

Museum number:

2-6654a,b

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21026654a@2cb

Alternate number:

x-2847 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

2

Description:

Box with lid; rectangular; made of walrus ivory; cover has round pierced handle and is grooved along edges.

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

Taxon:

Odobenus rosmarus

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

5.7 Gifts, Novelties, Models, Reproductions (excluding currency), Commemorative Medals, and Forgeries

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

for sale

Department:

Cat. 2 - North America (except Mexico and Central America)

Dimensions:

width 5.2 centimeters and length 7.9 centimeters

Legacy documentation: