Title	Tool Box
Creator	unknown
Contributors	Allen, Brian (object photographer)
Collection Name	Ethnology
Identifier	UA64-063-0001AB
Description	The sides are made one piece of shaped wood; 2.375 in. tall; base fitted in; each side has 3 pieces that are 2.375 in. long in ivory; sewn on with baleen; strip of twisted root across container holds sides in; 6 small pieces of ivory 1.375 in. sewn on ends with baleen; groove upper and lower rims; stained red on outside.; 1b) lid; stained red; raised center; groove around rim; 2 grooves on top; lid has 7 ivory attachments held on with root/baleen; animal head either end; owl one side; fish on other; on lid; seal with baleen eyes as well as polar bear head with baleen eyes and nostrils; a strip tapered and incised, serves as a handle; the handle and the bear head have lost the root lashings; replaced with nylon line on 20, May 1977; one of the ivory side decorations on the box has an incised groove which served as a catch for a line coming from the lid, now lost; the lid was attached on the other side with root hinges, now lost; box and lid are 4.75 in. from base to top of ivory box handle; from the base to the top of the polar bear head which is attached in an upright position is 5.5 in.
Subject.LCSH	Scrimshaws
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives--Northern Alaska--Inupiaq Ethnotechnology
Location	Nome (Alaska)
Region	Northern Alaska
Date.original	pre-1899
Type	Physical Object
Ordering and Use	Terms of Copyright and Use: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/vilda-rights/
Holding Institution	UA Museum of the North, P.O. Box 756960, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6960 mailto:UA-museumlearn@alaska.edu
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