Hinged wooden box owned by members of the Ellis family

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A wooden box with brass hinges, straps, tacks, and clasp with the interior lined in padded fabric and cardboard. The box and attached lid are constructed of cherry wood planks joined at the corners with a box joint and adhesive. There is decorative brass strapping on the front and back panels of the box and across the top of the lid attached with brass tacks of various sizes. Some tacks have been replaced by flat nails. There are brass hinges on the back that are held on with brass tacks. The tacks are gone on the bottom wing of the hinges. The interior of the box is lined with cardboard panels that are padded with batting and covered in fabric. A green ribbon with the text [Mione / CHEST] is attached diagonally across the interior of the lid over the padded fabric lining.

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