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Txa'msem Sees the Light

MOA: University of British Columbia

3260/86 a-c

Small carved bentwood box (part a) with lid (part b) and a separate carved figure (part c). Box has soft rounded corners with carving on exterior, and blue painted design. Thin unpainted square base and a lid with a sharp edge. Sides of the lid are painted in dark blue. A sitting figure at one corner of the box is holding the lid up and looking inside the box. Artist inscription on base.

  • Type of Item box
  • Culture Tsimshian
  • Material cedar wood, acrylic paint
  • Measurements height 7.9 cm, width 8.2 cm, depth 8.2 cm (part a) height 2.3 cm, width 9.0 cm, depth 9.0 cm (part b) height 14.5 cm, width 10.0 cm, depth 8.5 cm (part c) height 14.5 cm, width 15.0 cm, depth 13.5 cm (overall)
  • Creator Philip Gray
  • 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 3260/0086 a-c

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