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2012.104.47.1

Wooden oval box [.1] with lid [.2 & .3] made from thin strips of wood glued together. The sides and top of the box have been painted with green and red dots. [FB 31/03/2014]


2012.104.47.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden oval box [.1] with lid [.2 & .3] made from thin strips of wood glued together. The sides and top of the box have been painted with green and red dots. [FB 31/03/2014]
Long description
Wooden oval box [.1] with lid [.2 & .3] made from thin strips of wood glued together. The sides and top of the box have been painted with green and red dots. The lid of the box [.2] is broken and the top of the lid has become detached [.3]. The box was used to store glass bead necklaces [see 2012.104.48, 2012.104.49 and 2012.104.50]. [FB 31/03/2014]
Geographical reference
Sacatepequez Department Antigua
Cultural groups
Maya
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Dai Williams
PRM source Dai Williams
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1980
Date collected
By 1980
Acquisition information
Donated: 03/07/2013
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Painted, Process Glued
Dimensions
Width: max 55 mm, Width: max 45 mm, Length: max 48 mm, Length: max 108 mm, Length: max 106 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2012.104.47.1 Accession number: 2012.104.47.2 Accession number: 2012.104.47.3 Other numbers: 111
Research and responses

Notes, names of villages given by donor: "111. Glass beads, Antigua. In wooden box." [FB 06/11/2013]

Search terms: Box, Vessel