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Food box
Object Number 10-9-10/75988
Display Title Food box
Descriptions
Object Description Food box; painted bentwood. Red and black painted animal motifs, two sides. Plain short ends, except for 2 half moon motifs, black on one panel, red on other. Unpainted lid.
Inventory Description Large wooden box with lid, rectangular, painted zoomorphic designs.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 54.2 x 41.1 x 35.5 cm (21 5/16 x 16 3/16 x 14 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75988
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Unknown (1910)

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