Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.005
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Box, Bentwood
Title:
Bentwood Box with Red Corners
Date:
1900
Description:
Square box (no lid) with three bent kerfed corners and one corner. Bottom of box nailed into sides with seventeen(?) nails. (Seventeen nail heads show, several more may be broken off). Rough "K" carved into bottom. Edge of bottom routed to inset under sides. Interior of bottom also carved with recessed bottom with 2 inch thicker border. Outside of box has 2 inch red painted band at each corner within scribed lines.
Notes:
Collected by Thomas Parke
Search Terms:
Tlingit
Household
Wood
T&E
Household
Wood
T&E
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Bentwood Box w/ Red Corners
Bentwood Box w/ Red Corners
Bentwood Box w/ Red Corners
Bentwood Box w/ Red Corners