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Grease Box

Date1895-1901

Mediumcedar, cedar bark, iron, cotton

DimensionsOther: 18 × 32 × 39 cm (7 1/16 × 12 5/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
Other (cedar bark cover): 15 × 31 × 38 cm (5 7/8 × 12 3/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-859 (a,b)

Object numberHRC 00859

Descriptionrectangular dish, kerfed and originally sewn, now nailed, made from cedar. dish has base attached and an undulating, overhanging rim. all four sides are incised with ovoid designs. dish cover is of edar bark. top is checkerwoven while two bands on the sides at top and bottom are done in z twill twining. warp ends are turned back and secured with a single row of z twining. thin rope handles are woven in at the short sides.
collected in Masset

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