Box
NA9223
From: United States of America | Alaska | Haines
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA9223 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Haines |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus | Haines Noowshaka.aayi Clan |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Grass | Animal Remains | Metal |
| Description | Rectangular box and lid containing the "wood kidney" charm of the Nuwn-Shaka-aya Clan. The box is constructed from five wooden planks nailed together at the corners. The exterior is undecorated save for the short ends being painted with red pigment. The lid has a border carved around the perimeter which is also painted with red pigment. The box contains animal remains on a bed of dried grass. |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Length | 34.7 cm |
| Width | 10.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
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