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Object Number 67-9-10/151
Display Title Box & chain for trinkets
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cylindrical Ivory box w/ lid, 2 loops on bottom, on ivory chain, w/ leather stra
Classification
  • Box
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Dimensions Overall: 54 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm (21 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/16 in.) Storage: 33.0201 × 17.145 × 5.08 cm (13 × 6 3/4 × 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 67-9-10/151
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Boston Athenaeum (1867)

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