Indian Bucket Box Item Number: E20751-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF; INLAID WITH OPERCULA; KERFED, SEWN WITH CEDAR ROOT. LOANED RENWICK GAL. 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76."FROM CARD: "FROM: PAGE 79, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG, RENWICK GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN PRESS; 1974. OBJECT ILLUS. ON SAME PAGE. 70. BOX WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF; INLAID WITH OPERCULA; KERFED, SEWN WITH CEDAR ROOT HEIGHT: 11 1/2 (TLINGIT), SITKA, ALASKA. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. CATALOGED JANUARY 20, 1876. 20,751."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Indian Bucket Box
- Identification Number
- E20751-0
- Type of Item
- box
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ?
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730