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box

human history
  • Other Name

    Carved ivory box (descriptive name)

  • Description

    box, ivory

    carved rectangular ivory box, with elaborate floral designs; hinged lid with metal clasps; one foot damaged; ivory clasp pin stored in interior, potentially part of object.

  • Place
    India
  • Accession Number
    1959.24
  • Accession Date
    1959
  • Other Id

    col.0434 (colonial)

    37125.2 (ethnology)

    37125.1 (ethnology)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

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Images

  • box, 1959.24, col.0434, 37125.2, 37125.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, 1959.24, col.0434, 37125.2, 37125.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, 1959.24, col.0434, 37125.2, 37125.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, 1959.24, col.0434, 37125.2, 37125.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, 1959.24, col.0434, 37125.2, 37125.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, 1959.24, col.0434, 37125.2, 37125.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, 1959.24, col.0434, 37125.2, 37125.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, 1959.24, col.0434, 37125.2, 37125.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, 1959.24, col.0434, 37125.2, 37125.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, 1959.24, col.0434, 37125.2, 37125.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
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