collection box
Report a Mistake- Date Made First Half 18th Century
- Event --
- Affiliation French Canadian
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Object Number A-77
- Place of Origin --
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Quebec, Municipality - Saint-Pierre, Township / District - Île d'Orléans
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Ceremonial artifact
- Department History
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1701/01/01
- Latest 1750/12/31
- Materials Pine, Butternut, Basswood
- Person / Institution Associated historical figure, Barbeau , Ph.D, Dr. Charles Marius
- Measurements Height 24.0 cm, Width 23.0 cm, Depth 16.0 cm
- Caption Alms box
- Additional Information Collected by Marius Barbeau in 1925 for the National Museum of Man (Canadian Museum of Civilization), this simple alms box is of sturdy dove tailed construction. The arched door and the dome top may have echoed the shape of the windows in the church from which it came. Paint analysis has established the presence of traditional pigments - lamp black, white lead, anhydrous or hydrated iron oxides (ochres), and calcite - mixed in a drying oil. Analysis by the Canadian Conservation Institute.