Wooden Container "Askja"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 May 1991
label: Collection Date
content: Circa 1937
name: label: Collector
content: Paul Oscanyan
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Astrid F. Oscanyan
label: Donor Name
content: Paul Oscanyan
notes: label: Notes
content: ROUND BOWL-SHAPED CONTAINER WITH TWO SIDE HANDLES. ORNATELY CARVED HINGED LID ATTACHED TO TOP OF ONE HANDLE. CARVED INTERLOCKING DESIGN ON TOP OF LID, WITH ANIMAL (SERPENT ?) HEAD DESIGN OPPOSITE HINGE. UNDERNEATH LID IS INSCRIBED: "ASTRID.FUNDER.OSCANYON.1937" AND INITIALED "RJ". "ASKJA" TRANSLATED FROM ICELANDIC IS "SMALL BOX".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Reykjavik, Iceland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Icelander
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356736
label: USNM Number
content: E424761-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Container
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7.8 cm