Box

NA5728B

From: Alaska | Southeast Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5728B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Southeast Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Technique Painted
Description

Bentwood box with a square base and tall sides. The sides of the box are made from bending a steamed plank of wood into shape, then kerfing the corners. Some parts of the side walls are cracked and some are repaired with stitching. Sides are painted with formline designs of animal faces in black pigment. With lid, NA5728A.

Height 76.2 cm
Length 46 cm
Width 48 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917

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