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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