Box

NA1290A

From: Alaska | Klukwan

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1290A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chilkat | Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Klukwan
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment | Cedar Bark
Description

Bentwood box with a square base and tall sides. The box is made from bending a steamed plank of wood into shape, then kerfing the corners. Undecorated exterior and heavily worn with dark staining at corners. One corner is "stitched" together with spruce root strips. A twisted, plant fiber rope is wrapped loosely around the exterior.

Height 49.5 cm
Length 40 cm
Width 40 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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