Whalebone Box Item Number: E88719-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "For sewing work."Round container with baleen sides and wooden bottom; has a lid with wooden top and baleen sides. Resembles a round New England bentwood pantry box, with tacked/nailed joints. Box lid has two attached labels in James G. Swan's hand: "No 19 50ยข. Masset B.C., Procured by J. G. Swan June 19, 1883", and "Whale bone box made by a Masset Indian and fastened with rivets of native copper in imitation of box made in Nantucket Mas."
Item History
- Made in Masset, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in Masset, British Columbia, Canada on June 29, 1883
- Received on December 21, 1883
What
- Name
- Whalebone Box
- Identification Number
- E88719-0
- Type of Item
- box
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Masset, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Masset, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- on June 29, 1883
- Acquisition Date
- on December 21, 1883
Other
- Accession Number
- 013804