Storage Box

Box Lid

29-175-325B

From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-325B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kwakiutl
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Almost square in section. Flat lid, ridge at one end, raised end formerly at opposite edge (now broken off). Nail holes in center. Sides made of kerfed and bent piece of wood, nailed at fourth corner. Bottom nailed on. Front edge of bottom thicker. Hole in upper corners of each side. (Scrap of string in two.) Decoration: layer of wood planed from corners on out-side surface. Horizontal parallel grooving on front, plain borders.

Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 7/1549 - Collector Number

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