Box Cover, Old Item Number: E217418-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Half of an old box top, the front portion laid with the different teeth of a sea otter. Such pieces are very old and are greatly prized by the natives who upon occasions of ceremony and the distribution of property, present them to the more honored guests as gifts."Emmons talks about this artifact in his letter of May 28, 1902, written from Victoria, B.C., filed in the accession file. He identifies it there as from the Blunden Harbor [sic] Kwakiutl.
Item History
- Made in Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada during 1902
- Received on September 17, 1902
What
- Name
- Box Cover, Old
- Identification Number
- E217418-0
- Type of Item
- box
Who
- Culture
- Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1902
- Acquisition Date
- on September 17, 1902
Other
- Accession Number
- 039904