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Covered bent-wood box with carved and painted design; water damage, separating at joins; "simonson 1977"
Covered bent-wood box with carved and painted design; water damage, separating at joins; "simonson 1977"
Object Number 2011.16.110
Display Title Covered bent-wood box with carved and painted design; water damage, separating at joins; "simonson 1977"
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, bent-wood, square, carved figurative designs, painted red and black, fitted lid with inlaid shells
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date 1977
Culture
  • Tsimshian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Cedar Paint Shell?
Dimensions Overall: 41.9101 x 33.0201 x 29.2101 cm (16 1/2 x 13 x 11 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.16.110
Credit Line Gift of Paul R. Lurie 1938, in Memory of His Wife, Barbara
Provenance
Collector Dr. Paul R. Lurie (1992-)
Collector Barbara Lurie (1992-2011)
Dealer Long Ago & Far Away (1992)
Donor Donated by Dr. Paul R. Lurie (6/27/2011)

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