Box for a voyage
Dublin Core
Title
Box for a voyage
Description
When off on a boat trip, people used this kind of box, known in Shetland as a bøst, to carry food or fishing flies. These boxes were made around Hordaland province, and imported in the 18th century as part of the islands’ trading links with coastal Norway. Boats gallery CON 8153
Contributor
museums@eu-lac.org
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
6006
Europeana
Europeana Data Provider
Shetland Museum and Archive
Europeana Type
TEXT
Physical Object Item Type Metadata
DescriptionEN
When off on a boat trip, people used this kind of box, known in Shetland as a bøst, to carry food or fishing flies. These boxes were made around Hordaland province, and imported in the 18th century as part of the islands’ trading links with coastal Norway. Boats gallery CON 8153
Prim Media
212
Citation
“Box for a voyage,” EU-LAC, accessed November 23, 2024, https://eu-lac.org/omeka/items/show/6396.
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