Eagle Carved Box
Richly patinated rectangular form wooden box, each end carved in shallow relief with totemic eagle face, the top edge decorated with operculum inlay (32 shells), label on bottom reads "MAI #1/9417 Collected in Skidgate in 1902 by C.F. Newombe. Qn. Charlotte Islands", possibly Tsimsian 19th century.
Size: 4 ¼ h x 9 ½ w x 11 d in.
ZP20828
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