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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