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Bentwood Storage Box

Date1919

Mediumcedar, cotton cord, paint

DimensionsOther: 28.5 × 27 cm (11 1/4 × 10 5/8 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1281

Object numberHRC 01281

Descriptionstorage box of wood, painted on four sides. without lid. kerfed type. sides are of one piece, bent at 3 corners and nailed together at the fourth. box is bound with cotton cord knotted three strands together. two sides are treated as a single design field - design on either side is ssymmetrical and continuous around the corner. that is, design must be viewed from opposite corners. main form lines are in black, details are in red paint.
collected in Masset

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