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Date1840-1860
DimensionsOverall: 16 3/4 × 12 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (42.5 × 32.4 × 29.8 cm) Overall (Lid): 2 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (6.4 × 29.8 × 32.4 cm) Overall (Box without lid): 14 × 10 1/2 × 12 in. (35.6 × 26.7 × 30.5 cm)
Object numberT0568a-b
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
ProvenanceJerrie and Anne Vander Houwen, Yakima, Washington; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyHolm, Bill. Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art. SeattleL University Washington Press, 1983(a), p. 70, fig. 107.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.369.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 421.
On View
Not on view
Mask
Central Yup'ik
c. 1890
Pair of Lightning Serpent Masks
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
1860-1880
Bent-Corner Dish
Haida
1830-1860
Bent-Corner Chest
Haida
1830-1860
Mask
Salish
1870-1900
Hat
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
1900-1970
Mask
Ingalik
c. 1910
Paddles
Tlingit
1890-1910
Mask
Koniag (Alutiiq)
c. 1850
Halibut Hook
Tlingit
1830-1860
Container
Central Yup'ik
c. 1880

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