Box with cover

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Date created: circa 1880

Culture/People: Yup'ik [Bristol Bay]
Previous owner: Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966
Seller: Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966
Presenter/funding source: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from the Fred Harvey Company (Indian arts dealers in the Southwest) in 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place: Bristol Bay; Bristol Bay Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Yup'ik [Bristol Bay]; Containers and Vessels
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 5/520
Barcode: 050520.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Box with cover
Media/Materials: Wood, glass bead/beads
Techniques: Carved, incised, inlaid
Dimensions: 5 x 3 x 5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws600bdf280-65ec-4ff7-9044-799722910db5

Record ID: NMAI_54460