Chest

Chests were used to store important possessions like masks and ceremonial clothing. They were commonly exchanged among northern coastal peoples, for example as parts of dowries of highborn women, and it is thus often difficult to determine their place of origin.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Unknown
Format:	Still Image
Language:	unknown
Subjects:	Decorative Art Woodwork Native American: Tsimshian Canadian First Nations First Nation North American Indians chests Fort Simpson Tsimshian Tsimshian*
Online Access:	http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69454

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spelling	ftpennstateuncdm:oai:digital.libraries.psu.edu:arthist2/69454 2023-05-15T16:15:47+02:00 Chest Unknown before 1862 North and Central America, United States, District of Columbia, Washington, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, repository; North and Central America, United States, British Columbia, Fort Simpson, other (collected) Painted wood (cedar) carved in relief, kerfed and pegged Length: 38 cm JPEG http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69454 unknown Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections 12_4859_12_S 12.4859.12.S http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69454 This image is posted for Penn State University users only and is intended for non-profit, educational uses. It may not be posted on unrestricted web sites nor reproduced in printed publications. Decorative Art Woodwork Native American: Tsimshian Canadian First Nations First Nation North American Indians chests Image ftpennstateuncdm 2022-08-30T08:27:03Z Chests were used to store important possessions like masks and ceremonial clothing. They were commonly exchanged among northern coastal peoples, for example as parts of dowries of highborn women, and it is thus often difficult to determine their place of origin. Still Image First Nations Fort Simpson Tsimshian Tsimshian* PennState: Digital Collections Fort Simpson ENVELOPE(-121.320,-121.320,61.808,61.808)
institution	Open Polar
collection	PennState: Digital Collections
op_collection_id	ftpennstateuncdm
language	unknown
topic	Decorative Art Woodwork Native American: Tsimshian Canadian First Nations First Nation North American Indians chests
spellingShingle	Decorative Art Woodwork Native American: Tsimshian Canadian First Nations First Nation North American Indians chests Unknown Chest
topic_facet	Decorative Art Woodwork Native American: Tsimshian Canadian First Nations First Nation North American Indians chests
description	Chests were used to store important possessions like masks and ceremonial clothing. They were commonly exchanged among northern coastal peoples, for example as parts of dowries of highborn women, and it is thus often difficult to determine their place of origin.
format	Still Image
author	Unknown
author_facet	Unknown
author_sort	Unknown
title	Chest
title_short	Chest
title_full	Chest
title_fullStr	Chest
title_full_unstemmed	Chest
title_sort	chest
url	http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69454
op_coverage	before 1862 North and Central America, United States, District of Columbia, Washington, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, repository; North and Central America, United States, British Columbia, Fort Simpson, other (collected)
long_lat	ENVELOPE(-121.320,-121.320,61.808,61.808)
geographic	Fort Simpson
geographic_facet	Fort Simpson
genre	First Nations Fort Simpson Tsimshian Tsimshian*
genre_facet	First Nations Fort Simpson Tsimshian Tsimshian*
op_relation	Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections 12_4859_12_S 12.4859.12.S http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69454
op_rights	This image is posted for Penn State University users only and is intended for non-profit, educational uses. It may not be posted on unrestricted web sites nor reproduced in printed publications.
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Chest

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