Work Box
Yup'ik
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1903-1904
Wood, blue mineral pigment, ivory, rawhide, metal, decorated with incised cross-hatched hunting scenes
Overall: 3 1/4 × 4 15/16 × 12 13/16 in. (8.3 × 12.5 × 32.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lt. Col. Alfred T. Clifton, Class of 1927P
42.15.7804
Geography
Place Made: St. Michael, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Box
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Publication History
George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, p. 138. no.6.
Provenance
Collected by Lt. Col. Alfred Theodore Clifton (1875-1944) with the U.S. Army Signal Corps aboard the cable ship Burnside, St. Michael, Alaska, 1903-1904; given to present collection (through his son, Alfred Theodore Clifton, Jr. (1906-1996), Class of 1927), 1942.
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