Collection: Fry

Item Number: Fry0095

Category: Box - Snuff Box

Region: Arctic

Tribe: Eskimo

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Wood, bone and sea mammal hide.

Description: Nicely made snuff box of hollowed bone, with wood pinned in place on the bottom, and a bone cap, attached by sea mammal hide.

Dimensions: Length 5.00 inches; Width 1.50 inches

Provenance:

Paul Gray, Old Chatham, N.Y.

Exhibitions:

Lure of the Arctic, Cincinnati Art Museum, October 2007 - January 2008

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