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Object Number
17-17-10/87116
Display Title
Spinner's box of cedar with cover; nisga
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Nisga
Object Description
Spinner's box of cedar with cover; nisga
Inventory Description
Box, jointed wood base, rectangular, black painted designs, woven lid
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Turnour Island
/
<City>
/
Kalokwis Village
Additional Geographic Terms
Beware Passage; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Fiber, Wood, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 19.7 x 30.2 x 26 cm (7 3/4 x 11 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
87116; Cover / for / 104
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-17-10/87147 | Food tray, hemlock; nisga |
Box
|
Gwa I
| |
| 87-61-30/54529 | Spinner's kit, textile wrapper |
Woven Fiber
|
Ancon
| |
| 30-36-50/B4822 | Spinner's ash receptacle |
Bowl
Raw Material |
Liberia
| |
| 30-36-50/B4822.1 | Ash from spinner's receptacle |
Floral
|
Liberia
| |
| 17-17-10/87136 | Painted storage box of yellow cedar, with cover |
Box
Raw Material |
British Columbia
| |
| 17-17-10/87095 | Cooking box of cedar |
Box
|
Gwa I
Kwakiutl Village | |
| 17-17-10/87149 | Hunter's box of cedar with domed lid; hunlis |
Box
|
Mamalelegala Village
| |
| 17-17-10/87134 | Glatwatse, Storage box of cedar (with lid) |
Box
|
Gwa I
| |
| 17-17-10/87139 | Berry box of cedar; godsiyadsi |
Box
|
Gwa I
| |
| 87-61-30/54533 | Spindle, tripartite |
Tool
|
Ancon
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Spinner's kit, textile wrapper
| 75-20-30/8740A | Spinner's kit, textile wrapper |
Woven Fiber
|
Ancon
| |
| 87-61-30/54531 | Bobbin |
Tool
|
Ancon
|