Bentwood Chest
Item Number:
1857
from the
The Burke: University of Washington
Item History
Received from
George T. Emmons
What
Name
Bentwood Chest
Identification Number
1857
Type of Item
bentwood chest
Material
wood
and
rawhide hide
Manufacturing Technique
carved
,
kerfed
,
steamed
,
bent
,
sewn
and
pegged
Who
Culture
Tsimshian
?
or
Haida
?
Received from
George T. Emmons
Where
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
Other
Credit
Purchased from George T. Emmons
Motif
Formline Design | Hawk
Collection
Burke Museum Ethnology Collection