Box

Box Lid

NA5727

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5727
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Circular box and lid. The side wall is made from a single strip of wood bent around a circular base with metal nails joining the two together. Nails are also used to pin the side wall to itself where it overlaps. A lid is made in the same style but slightly larger and shorter as to fit over the box. Undecorated.

Height 12.7 cm
Outside Diameter 27.94 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917
Other Number BX5 - Field No SF

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