Carved Box For Holding Food Item Number: E67901-0 from the National Museum of Natural History

Notes

FROM CARD: "BIRD-FORM BOX, CARVED FROM ONE PIECE. HEAD AND TAIL FORM HANDLES; PAINTED RED AND BLACK; BIRD LIES ON BACK, WITH OPENING IN ITS BELLY. LOANED: RENWICK, JULY 18, 1972 (FOOD PREPARATION). RET'D.: 9-5-1974."

Item History

What

Name
Carved Box For Holding Food
Identification Number
E67901-0
Type of Item
box

Who

Culture
Tlingit
Field Collector
Sgt. John J. McLean

Where

Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Made in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?
Collected in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?

When

Collection Date
during 1882
Acquisition Date
on November 3, 1882

Other

Accession Number
012009