Box with Lid Item Number: E203555-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
THIS OBJECT ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS FROM GLACIER HOUSE, BRITISH COLUMBIA. HOWEVER, "NIAGRA" [I.E. NIAGARA] IS WRITTEN ON ARTIFACT AND OBJECT APPEARS TO BE STYLISTICALLY NORTHEAST INDIAN/GREAT LAKES, RATHER THAN NORTHWEST COAST. BOX HAS A FLORAL DESIGN WORKED IN QUILLS ON BARK LID.Ledger entry of "box with lid" misread and entered on catalog card as "box milk-lid". Corrected 9/12/2025.
Item History
- Made in Canada ? or USA ?
- Collected in Canada ? or USA ?
- Received from Bureau Of American Ethnology on August 12, 1899
What
- Name
- Box with Lid
- Identification Number
- E203555-0
Who
- Culture
- Northeast Indian ?
- Received from
- Bureau Of American Ethnology
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Canada ? or USA ?
- Collected in
- Canada ? or USA ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- on August 12, 1899
Other
- Accession Number
- 035435