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human history
  • Description

    casket made of silver. Octagonal in shape with domed lid, a handle on top, and standing on four feet. All surfaces formed from fine ornate filigree. Latch loop at the front offers room for a lock. Filigree tassels dangle from the rim of the bottom of the box, and along rim of the lid. Each corner of the octagonal walls has an accent tassel, and each corner of the lid has a decorative solid accent protruding upwards.

    Inside base has partition walls: one across the horizontal centre of the casket, with an additional vetical partition through the centre of the top half. Five loose tassels found inside.

  • Place
  • Accession Date
    1919
  • Other Id

    13212 (ethnology)

  • Department

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