One of the unique technical achievements of Northwest Coast artisans was the bentwood box. Containers of many sizes were made by kerfing hand-made boards at carefully measured intervals and bending the boards at the steamed kerfs to form the continuous sides. The last corner joint and the bottom board were fastened by pegging or sewing. The plan of the box is nearly square, and two opposite sides are elaborately painted in red and black in the conventional style of box painting. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

• Automatically Generated From Material

  The paint is black and red.

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• Type of Item bentwood box
• Culture Tlingit
• Material cedar wood, paint
• Manufacturing Technique carved, kerfed, steamed, bent, sewn, painted
• Measurements length 17.0 in, height 17.0 in, width 15.0 in (overall)

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• Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber

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• Motif Formline
• Credit Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
• Collection Burke Museum Ethnology Collection