Snuff or quid box

Museum number:

2-3881

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

x-27 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

1

Description:

Ivory box with wooden bottom. Section walrus tusk with incised zigzag bands with dentate motif along edges; bird track motifs in center field. Lid missing. Used as container for snuff.

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:

Wood (plant material)

Taxon:

Odobenus rosmarus

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

Used as container for snuff.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

width 5.6 centimeters

Comment:

Remarks: Cf. 2-1461.

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