Object Number | NA1291A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chilkat | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska | Klukwan |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Skin |
Description | Rectangular box with lid, NA1291B. Constructed from five wooden planks "stitched" together at the corners. The two long sides are painted with formline designs of animal faces in black pigment. The short ends are undecorated. An animal hide strap is located around the middle and likely acted as a hinge to attach the wooden lid. |
Length | 56.9 cm |
Width | 24.1 cm |
Credit Line | Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905 |
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