Box for a voyage

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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

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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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