Raven and the Box of Daylight
MOA: University of British Columbia
3260/118 a-b
Small rectangular bentwood box with lid (part b). Box has soft rounded corners and thin blue circles on the short sides. Wider sides have carvings in a square, at centre, painted in red. Three-dimensional carving on lid depicts a raven with protruding beak at one end, an animal head and front legs at the opposite end, and a face between them. Their eyes are all painted black; the animal's tongue is red. Artist's inscription on base and underside of lid.
- Type of Item box
- Culture Tahltan, Tlingit
- Material red cedar wood, yellow cedar wood, acrylic paint
- Measurements height 19.4 cm, width 21.0 cm, depth 12.0 cm (part a) height 9.5 cm, width 30.5 cm, depth 15.0 cm (part b) height 29.0 cm, width 30.5 cm, depth 15.0 cm (overall)
- Creator Dempsey Bob
- Previous Owner Elspeth McConnell
- Received from Elspeth McConnell
- Made in British Columbia
- Creation Date during 2013
- Ownership Date before August 12, 2017
- Acquisition Date on August 12, 2017
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3260/0118 a-b