Oval form w/ large flattened base w/ leaf motif cutout around periphery of oval. Small box w/ circular cutout holes outside of leaf border. Large flat lid has picture of hummingbird in center.
boxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
hummingbirds
Unidentified Paper
Hummingbird
BOX
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
0.5 x 3.375 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.455AB
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