E0205C: Inuit- Snuff Box & Pipe

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0205C

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Personal Gear

Marks/Labels:

TAG: "Snuff-box" and "Eskimo snuff box"

Materials:

botanical ➔ wood
animal ➔ bone
animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather
fabric ➔ cordage ➔ twine

Dimensions:

11 cm L
7 cm W
6.5 cm H

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

Brevig Mission, Alaska, USA

Acquisition Date:

November 2 1898

Description:

Inuit snuff box lid. Made of leather and wood. Circular plug used to hold bone pipe. Donated by Rev. T.L. Brevig in 1898.

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