Box
- Museum number:
- 2-3894
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020003894
- Alternate number:
- x-40 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Box representing a walrus with three separate sections. The head and tail are carved painted wood.The head has inlaid eyes and tusks. The central ivory cylindircal sections (with engraved flippers) are incised with parallel lines and a circle motif. The center is made of ivory and the ends of wood. Possibly used as a container for sewing materials.
- 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:
- 1898
- Materials:
- Ivory (material)
- Taxon:
- Odobenus rosmarus
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- Container possibly for sewing materials
- Department:
- Cat. 2 - North America (except Mexico and Central America)
- Dimensions:
- length 23.5 centimeters
- Legacy documentation: