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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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