Container Item Number: A7583 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Roughly cylindrical, mottled brown leather vessel. Stamped linear design around the center and bottom.. Fashioned after a baccarat-type dice box.
History Of Use
Dice box (baccarat type)
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected during 1881
- Owned by William Rowe
- Owned by Margaret Ades before August 17, 1961
- Received from Margaret Ades (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on August 17, 1961
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- A7583
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- leather skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- incised, soaked and glued
- Overall
- height 10.0 cm, diameter 4.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Previous Owner
- William Rowe and Margaret Ades
- Received from
- Margaret Ades (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Ownership Date
- before August 17, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on August 17, 1961
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0055/0025