The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection. Collected: Elizabeth Cole Butler

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

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.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Bequest of Miss Mary Forbush Failing.

Oblong bentwood box with lid. Small box (part a) is made of a single piece of bark curved into a long rounded shape, around a wooden base, with edges connected by stitchings of leather. Several small nails attach the bark to the base. Bottom interior has remnants of paper that had been glued to it. Exterior shows very faded black and red linear designs and swirls across the surface. Lid (part b) is of similar shape and construction with adhesive attaching the bark to the wooden top. Design is a black dotted line around red and black leaf shapes and triangles.

Square stoneware box in the shape of a milk carton. The lid is decorated with images of mountains and impressions of flowers. A number "5" was pressed into the handle with letraset pieces. Brown and black bars are carved into two sides of the rim. Three lines are carved into the remaining side of the rim. Bands of water are painted onto the box with little brown rectangles. Faint impressions of cows grazing.

Square stoneware box in the shape of a small milk carton. Black lines on the lid form a mountain relief and a single band of water. Faint impressions of chickens and a cow grazing, on one side. The words "sea" and "span" are pressed into either side of the box; one on brown glaze, the other on blue. A number "44" is pressed into the brown part of the "sea" side. One of the remaining sides has a crane next to a mountain. An "S" and the number "440" are pressed into the last side. Maker's mark stamped onto "span" side.