Feast Bowl
29-175-312
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-312 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cedar Wood | Pigment | Tooth |
| Description | Feast bowl. Boat shaped, coming to a point at ends, a crude bird's head topping each end. The beaks are pierced with large hole. Eyes painted. Inserted strip of small animals teeth(?) behind each eye of one head. Outside of bowl painted black; inside red. Flat bottom, hole through center. Crudely made. Chisel marks over all surfaces except heads. |
| Height | 27 cm |
| Length | 119 cm |
| Width | 36.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/8768 - Collector Number |
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