Box Item Number: 48.3.488A,B from the Portland Art Museum
Description
The bottom of this box is made from spruce and the sides, which are bent from a single plank, of yellow cedar. The pieces are fastened together with nails and wooden pegs. A carved figure, shown lying on its back with its hands against its abdomen, is on the cover. This figure represents a shaman lying on a burial platform. The box was made by Kadoucha and painted by Maggie. The black, green, and red-brown designs painted on the sides represent a whale and a beaver.
Collection History Provenance
Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.
What
- Name
- Box
- Identification Number
- 48.3.488A,B
- Type of Item
- box
- Material
- paint, spruce wood and yellow cedar wood
- Overall
- height 10.0 in, width 12.25 in, depth 8.125 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
- Made in
- Klukwan, Alaska, USA
When
- Creation Date
- during 1895
Other
- Categories
- Northwest Coast; Containers and Vessels