Box with cover
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Nisga'a (Niska)
- Collector
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Previous owner
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Object Name
- Box with cover
- Media/Materials
- Cedar, paint, iron nails
- Techniques
- Carved, bent, pegged, incised, painted
- Dimensions
- 96 x 57 x 55.5 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Place
- Nass River; Kitimat-Stikine Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- Date created
- circa 1870
- Collection History
- Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1916.
- Catalog Number
- 5/5031
- Barcode
- 055031.000
- See related items
- Nisga'a (Niska)
- Containers and Vessels
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Northwest Coast
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
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