Chest: Formline design

Formline design 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
diagram
diagrams
Fort Simpson
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
Online Access:http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69536
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spelling ftpennstateuncdm:oai:digital.libraries.psu.edu:arthist2/69536 2023-05-15T16:15:47+02:00 Chest: Formline design 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/69536 unknown Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections 12_4859_13_S 12.4859.13.S http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69536 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 diagram diagrams Image ftpennstateuncdm 2022-08-30T08:27:08Z Formline design 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
diagram
diagrams
spellingShingle Decorative Art
Woodwork
Native American: Tsimshian
Canadian
First Nations
First Nation
North American Indians
chests
diagram
diagrams
Unknown
Chest: Formline design
topic_facet Decorative Art
Woodwork
Native American: Tsimshian
Canadian
First Nations
First Nation
North American Indians
chests
diagram
diagrams
description Formline design 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: Formline design
title_short Chest: Formline design
title_full Chest: Formline design
title_fullStr Chest: Formline design
title_full_unstemmed Chest: Formline design
title_sort chest: formline design
url http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69536
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_13_S
12.4859.13.S
http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69536
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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