Box

Museum number:

2-1549

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.46

Object count:

1

Description:

Carved ivory box; made from section of walrus tusk. Incised hunting scenes on box, 2 swimming seals, dog-like head in relief on cover. Wood base. Bad split on one side.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska; Lower Yukon

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

Charles L. Hall

Collection date:

unknown

Taxon:

Odobenus rosmarus

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)

Accession date:

August 12, 1902

Context of use:

Probably tourist novelty, not snuffbox.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

height 10.8 centimeters

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