Box

NA1291A

From: Alaska | Klukwan

Curatorial Section: American

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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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