Trinket Box

NA446

From: Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA446
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Iron | Ivory | Sinew
Description

Made from metal cylinders that fit together. Hide thong is inserted through a perforation on one end, to which is attached a hook.

Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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