Wooden Chest Item Number: E175236-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "THIS IS A NORTHWEST COAST DECORATED BOX, SO FROM ALASKA COULD ONLY BE TLINKIT. RECTANGULAR WOODEN BOX WITH THE TOP FITTING DOWN OVER THE SIDES OF THE BOTTOM. BASE IS A THICK BOARD WITH SIDES FASTENED TO IT. (ALL PLAIN). TOP IS A THICK BOARD WITH CARVED AND PAINTED SIDES ORIGINALLY FASTENED TO IT. (THE LASHING IS NOT NOW (1973) PRESENT)."
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Herbert G. Ogden in Alaska, USA
- Received from Bureau Of American Ethnology on August 3, 1895
What
- Name
- Wooden Chest
- Identification Number
- E175236-0
- Type of Item
- box
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Herbert G. Ogden
- Received from
- Bureau Of American Ethnology
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on August 3, 1895
Other
- Accession Number
- 029664