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Introduction
This item is composed of a lid and container. Motifs are carved on the outside of both parts.
Nation of Maker:
Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Date Made or Date Range:
- 1929
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Materials
wood
Motifs and Patterns
geometric patterns - triangles, diamonds; zoomorphic images on lid and long side of box.
Dimensions:
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Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
The Museum record states that the item was donated in 1929
Provenance
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
grasac_2069
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1929
Collection Narratives and Histories
This item was accidentally found around 1929 in a burial inside the church of the village of Nicola (Liguria).
It was donated as a curiosity to the local museum. The item has been in the local ethnographic collection for several years, then has been moved into the medieval archeological collection until the actual director of the museum, Rossana Piccioli, identified it as a Native artifact.
Two similar items are in the collection of the Museo di Antropologia e Etnologia di Firenze.
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25756
Approximate Place of Origin