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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