Dish
29-175-304
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-175-304 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kwakiutl |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Oval food dishes. Boat-shaped. Bottoms flat; sides curved and flaring, ends slightly concave out-side slanting outward and rising to high curve at rim. Three encircling grooces just below rim. Narrow par-allel grooves run lengthwise down inside of both ends. At each end of bottom, a rectangular section of dia-gonal parallel grooves meets grooving of ends. Cross grooves decorate rims. Chisel marks obvious on exter-ior. Marks on interior almost parallel. Numerous worm holes. 304 has a break in one end and II II carved on worn bottom. 305 has a small hole in side and an x on bottom. |
Height | 22.5 cm |
Length | 38 cm |
Width | 83 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Other Number | 6/9668 - Collector Number |
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