Box for a voyage
| Box for a voyage | |
|---|---|
| Contact | museums@eu-lac.org |
| Author | eulac3d |
| Publisher | EULAC |
| Size | cm x cm x cm |
| Type | 3D Object |
| Format | text/plain Alias/WaveFront Object |
| Country | Scotland |
| Museum | Shetland Museum and Archive |
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