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Bentwood Box
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Bentwood Box
Bentwood Box

Bentwood Box

Date1895-1901
Mediumcedar, opercula shell, nails, sinew
DimensionsOther: 25.5 × 39 × 49 cm (10 1/16 × 15 3/8 × 19 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-334
Object numberHRC 00334
Descriptionkerfex, nailed and sewn with sinew?. box with slightly bulbous sides. all 4 sides are carved and the base is secured to body with sinew ? and nails. lip of upper rim exxtends inward and is inlaid with opercula shells.
collected in Masset
Exhibition HistoryExhib Comm Poznan Poland (3-64) - (10-64)
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