Box

Museum number:
2-3874
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003874
Alternate number:
20 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Object count:
1
Description:
Small, rectangular wooden box bound in brass and copper. Elaborate fitted lid with brass and copper veneer and rawhide thong with red bead serves as handles.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Glass (material), and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 7 centimeters, height 4 centimeters, and length 11.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3874, described as Small, rectangular wooden box bound in brass and copper. Elaborate fitted lid with brass and copper veneer and rawhide thong with red bead serves as handles.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3874, described as Small, rectangular wooden box bound in brass and copper. Elaborate fitted lid with brass and copper veneer and rawhide thong with red bead serves as handles.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3874, described as Small, rectangular wooden box bound in brass and copper. Elaborate fitted lid with brass and copper veneer and rawhide thong with red bead serves as handles.

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