Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (1924-2012, D-Hawaii) and probably received as a gift in recognition of his service to American Indians as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (1987-1995 and 2001-2003); donated to NMAI by Senator Inouye's widow Irene Hirano Inouye (1948-2020) in 2013.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Lummi (attributed)
- Donor
- Irene Hirano Inouye (Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye), Non-Indian, 1948-2020
- Previous owner
- Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Non-Indian, 1924-2012
- Date created
- 1985-2010
- Object Name
- Box with cover and contents
- Media/Materials
- Cedar, paint, glass bottle, quahog clam shell beads (purple wampum), glass bead/beads, thread, hide, shell beads, wood, bark, stone, quartz, ink, sage, embroidery floss, commercial leather thong, silver, turquoise, brass
- Techniques
- Cut, carved, painted, drawn, strung, tied, gourd stitch/brick stitch/netted beadwork, knotted, cast, bezel-set/stone-setting, stamped, braided, commercially produced/manufactured, engraved
- Dimensions
- 14.7 x 11.0 x 7.5 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
