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NA5767

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5767
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Opercula
Description

Bentwood "grease box" with a rectangular base and short, straight sides. The box is made from bending a steamed plank of wood into shape, then kerfing the corners. The rim is lined with recesses where opercula shells would be inlaid. Most of the shells are missing. Undecorated exterior with dark discoloration all over both the interior and exterior.

Height 15.24 cm
Length 57.5 cm
Width 47 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917

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