Mortar
29-175-214
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-214 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Bone | Whale Vertebra |
| Description | Body cylindrical. Flat bottom. Neural groove and dorsal spine carved to form animal head: open mouth, teeth indicated, round eyes, pits in place of ears. Other spinal processes removed. Body of mortar darkened with oil or gum. |
| Height | 20 cm |
| Length | 42.5 cm |
| Width | 23 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 7/1578 - Collector Number |
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