Box Lid

NA5728A

From: Alaska | Southeast Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5728A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Southeast Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Box lid made from wood. The edges flare slightly toward the upper surface, away from where the lid meets the box. Some sides are inlaid with columns of opercula shells while other sides are unadorned. Shells are arranged in sets of two columns toward the edges and three columns in the middle. With box, NA5728B.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917

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