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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