Wooden Box
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is described on p. 95 of the BAE 18th Annual Report, Part 1, Nelson, Edward William, The Eskimo about Bering Strait: "A box from Cape Vancouver ... is flattened oval in outline, with a seal's head carved upon it, the eyes of which are represented by a piece of marble on one side and a fragment of porcelain on the other; ivory pegs form the nostrils, and at the corners of the mouth are ivory pegs with beads set in the center to represent labrets. On the top and on each side of the head small blue beads are inserted. A groove painted black extends around the sides of the box, in which seven ivory pegs are inserted. The cover is attached as usual by hinges of rawhide. The box is cracked, and has been mended by rawhide cords laced through holes on each side of the fissure. A rawhide loop passing over a peg set in the front of the box serves as a fastening."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Jun 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Vancouver, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E37357-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box