Tool 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: "TRINKET BOX WOLF HEAD. ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. XLII-11; P. 102. 1/83 SITES INUA LOAN. WOOD LID AND BOX-BOX WITH WOOD PEGS; ONE EYE MISSING; IVORY NOSTRILS; WOOD TEETH-ALSO ANIMAL (WHAT KIND?) TEETH; BLACK, RED MYTH FIG. INT. LID. LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG. 445, P. 308. LOAN RETURNED: JAN 21 1993." Crossroads of Continents catalogue caption describes the designs painted on the inner side of the box lid in black and red: "This lid from a box representing a seal monster features hunting art and defecating caribou pursued by mythic Thunderbirds, which hold caribou, whales, and men in kayaks in their talons. A hatted European and a pregnant woman are shown in red."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated in Fitzhugh, William W., Julie Hollowell, and Aron L. Crowell. 2009. Gifts from the Ancient Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, CT. Fig. 21, p 180. Identified there as a Yup'ik iseal-shaped tool box, wood and paint, total l. 41 cm. "Yup'ik men's tool boxes were frequently illustrated with hunting art and other subjects of special concern, including the giant thunderbird, which carried off animals as well as men in their kayaks. This is depicted in the center of the lid."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Mar 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Pastolik, Yukon River, Mouth, 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: E36246-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box