Carved Box Item Number: E11372-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "BENT BOWL; RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE; CARVED IN RELIEF; BASE ONCE PAINTED RED; RIM INLAID WITH OPERCULA; KERFED AND SEWN." FROM CARD: "FROM: PAGE 73, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG; RENWICK GALLERY; SMITHSONIAN PRESS; 1974. OBJECT ILLUS. ON SAME PAGE. 64. BENT BOWL WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF; BASE ONCE PAINTED RED; RIM INLAID WITH OPERCULA; KERFED AND SEWN LENGTH: 21 1/2. TLINGIT, SITKA, ALASKA. COLLECTED BY VINCENT COLYER. CATALOGED OCTOBER 2, 1872. 11,372."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Vincent Colyer in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received during 1872
What
- Name
- Carved Box
- Identification Number
- E11372-0
- Type of Item
- bowl
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Vincent Colyer
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1872
Other
- Accession Number
- 002478