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Object Number
88-51-10/50134
Display Title
Snuff box
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Oval wooden box, with flat lid, protruding handle, small ivory inlay.
Classification
- Box
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Nunatkoromiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Yukon River; Kashunk
Materials
Wood, Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 4.8 x 8.2 x 4 cm (1 7/8 x 3 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50134 & 36269 Kush / snuff #313
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1876)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50217 | Snuff box of ivory |
Raw Material
Box |
Alaska
| |
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Box
|
Alaska
| |
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Box
|
China
| |
| 88-32-60/45859 | Wooden snuff box |
Box
|
Siberia
| |
| 88-32-60/45857 | Bone snuff box |
Box
|
Siberia
| |
| 24-48-60/D2313 | Snuff and tobacco box of birch root ornamented with brass |
Box
|
Siberia
| |
| 24-48-60/D2312 | Leather snuff and tobacco box |
Box
|
Siberia
| |
| 24-48-60/D2311 | Birch bark snuff and tobacco box |
Box
|
Siberia
| |
| 51-15-40/6260 | Birchbark snuff box |
Box
|
Finland
| |
| 24-48-60/D2005 | Snuff or tobacco box, copper |
Box
|
Siberia
| |
| 11-46-50/83091 | Carved wooden snuff box |
Raw Material
Box |
Angola
| |
| 04-45-50/64178 | Snuff box |
Raw Material
Box |
Angola
|