Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1916 from Ye Olde Curiosity Shop (Seattle, Washington), which was owned and operated by James E. Standley (1854-1940), using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Nunivagmiut Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Nunivak Island]
- Previous owner
- Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
- Seller
- Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
- Seller agent
- Joseph E. Standley (J. E. Standley), Non-Indian, 1854-1940
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Date created
- circa 1900
- Object Name
- Box with cover
- Media/Materials
- Wood, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Carved, bent, stitched, incised, drilled
- Dimensions
- 29 x 25 x 19 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
