Round birch bark box [.1] with lid [.2] and handle. Lid circular, decorated with star in spruce-root in centre.

Collection type: Object
Description: Round birch bark box [.1] with lid [.2] and handle. Lid circular, decorated with star in spruce-root in centre.
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; Northeastern USA Maine Bangor
Cultural groups: Penobscot
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1951
Date collected: By 1951
Acquisition information: Donated: 1951
Materials and processes: Material Birch Bark Wood Plant, Material Spruce Root Plant, Process Stitched, Process Bound
Dimensions: Diameter: max 170 mm lid, Length: max 176 mm base, Width: max 158 mm base, Height: max 155 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1951.6.71.1 Accession number: 1951.6.71.2 Other numbers: WHMM no. 10134
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letter from E. Ashworth Underwood [Director, The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum] to T. K. Penniman dated 30 January, 1951, inviting the Pitt Rivers Museum to send a representative to select items from the Wellcome collection, housed temporarily at the British Museum. [GI 4/2/2002]
According to many online geneology sites Edith Holland Lobdell was born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA in 27 October 1857. She married Edward Stetson in 1879. On 11 March 1884 she had a son named Clarence Cutting Stetson in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, USA. She died in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, USA on 21 February 1933. Therefore if the writing on this box is correct Edith Holland Stetson probably owned the box in 1884. [http://www.geni.com/people/Edith-Stetson/6000000010666421533 accessed 15/9/2015] [MJD (Verve) 15/9/2015]

Search terms: Box, Lid

Search

Further items to explore