Box

NA5725

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5725
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Cedar Bark (uncertain)
Description

Rectangular, bentwood box with sides taller than they are wide. Undecorated exterior. Worn. Well used with dark staining at corners. One side shows where the kerfed and steamed wood panel was joined and stitched to create the box. Includes fragments of twined cordage and a few shells found inside.

Height 36.5 cm
Length 34.5 cm
Width 34.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917

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