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. #35955 - ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; FIG. 27; P. 96. #35954 - ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; FIG. 59; P. 200. 35954 - BIG LAKE, YUKON & KUSKOKWIM DELTA, ALASKA. 35955 - ANOGOGMUT, YUKON & KUSKOKWIM DELTA, ALASKA." FROM CARD: (DUP CARD). ILLUS. BAE 18TH AR PT 1; FIG. 27; P. 96. 1/83 SITES INUA LOAN. LOAN: U.S.I.A. INUA JUN 24 1988. ILLUS.: INUA CATALOGUE. USIA 1988, PL. 4, P.6. LOAN RETURNED DEC 28 1990." USIA Inua catalogue caption identifies as a fungus box: Quids were made by mixing the ashes of birch tree fungus with finely chopped tobacco. This box was used to hold the ashes of the birch tree fungus. It is carved in the shape of two seals the upper of which has its inua, or spirit, displayed as a human face on its back. This box has been heavily used; the cut marks on its surface where tobacco has been chopped are clearly visible.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Mar 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Anogogmut, Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, 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: E35955-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fungus Box