Bentwood Box Item Number: 25.0/246A from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
One of the unique technical achievements of Northwest Coast artisans was the bentwood box. Containers of many sizes were made by kerfing hand-made boards at carefully measured intervals and bending the boards at the steamed kerfs to form the continuous sides. The last corner joint and the bottom board were fastened by pegging or sewing. The plan of the box is nearly square, and two opposite sides are elaborately painted in red and black in the conventional style of box painting. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is black and red.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Bentwood Box
- Identification Number
- 25.0/246A
- Type of Item
- bentwood box
- Material
- cedar wood and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, kerfed, steamed, bent, sewn and painted
- Overall
- length 17.0 in, height 17.0 in, width 15.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ?
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Formline
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection