Bentwood Box
- Date 1890
- Place of Origin Aardal, Setesdal, Aust-Agder, Norway
- Creator Unknown
Round bentwood box with Setesdal style rosemaling and birch root lacing. Slightly domed lid, grooved at edges. Inscription around the upper edge reinforcing band.
Inscription: JODS(?) (other indecipherable text)
Brought from Setesdal by donor’s grandparents, Tore and Eviend Langerak, who came to the United States soon after marriage in 1894.
- Materials Wood
- Dimensions height: 6 inches; width: 12.125 inches; depth: 12 inches
- Identifier / Source 2000.042.001 - Gift of Phyllis Baumann