Box, Complete Item Number: 19/1287 from the American Museum of Natural History

Publications

THE TRANSFORMING IMAGE: PAINTED ARTS OF NORTHWEST COAST FIRST NATIONS. MCLENNAN, BILL AND KAREN DUFFEK, 2000, Publisher: UBC PRESS. VANCOUVER/TORONTO
PRIMITIVE ART. BOAS, FRANZ, 1951, Publisher: CAPITAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
THE CHILKAT BLANKET. EMMONS, GEORGE T. MEMOIRS, 3, 1907

Item History

What

Name
Box, Complete
Identification Number
19/1287
Type of Item
box
Material
wood, pigment, metal, plant fibre and operculum
Box
length 76.5 cm, width 50.0 cm, height 46.0 cm
Bottom
length 75.7 cm, width 47.5 cm, height 3.0 cm

Who

Culture
Tlingit
Received from
George T. Emmons

Where

Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
Made in
Alaska, USA