Lidded Bentwood Box Item Number: 6868 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Nothern Northwest Coast artists (Northern Wakashan, Tlingit, Tsimshian, and Haida) used an abstract two-dimensional style of design known as formline design. Abstract animal and human forms decorate the front and back of this box, with simpler bird's heads on the sides.
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is black and red.
Item History
- Received from Ernest F. Goodner
What
- Name
- Lidded Bentwood Box
- Identification Number
- 6868
- Type of Item
- lidded bentwood box
- Material
- red cedar wood, paint and operculum
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, kerfed, steamed, bent and inlaid
- Overall
- height 25.0 in, width 19.5 in, depth 16.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Received from
- Ernest F. Goodner
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Raven | Sun | Formline Design
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection