Carved 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: FROM CARD: "35951-5. #35954 - ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; FIG. 59; P. 200. 35954 - BIG LAKE, YUKON & KUSKOKWIM DELTA, ALASKA. FROM CARD: "(DUP CARD). ILLUS. BAE 18TH AR PT1; FIG-59; P. 200. 1/83 SITES INUA LOAN."
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=559 , retrieved 10-25-2021; see web page for additional information: Box, Yup'ik. This box for holding tools, arrow points and other small items is carved in the shape of an unknown creature with four-fingered hands, lying on its back. On the lid is a face or mask, probably the creature's yua - "its person" or spirit. Traditional pigments for painting boxes and masks, still used by Yup'ik artists, are made from charcoal, red ocher (an iron mineral), and white clay. Yup'ik men crafted small boxes-each one unique-to hold small tools, arrow points, mineral pigments, parts of masks, and other assorted items. Women stored needle cases, sinew and fiber thread, earrings, and other small things in their personal boxes. Some have sides made of steam-bent wood, while others (like this example) were shaped from a single block of wood.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Big Lake, Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E35954-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box