Bowl

57-26-3

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 57-26-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Beads | Shell | Abalone
Description

Beaver carved in the round; all four knees bent; legs very slender; incised hatching on tail, with beads inlaid; row of small stones inlaid around bowl rim, mostly missing; mother-of-pearl inay for eyes and nostrils and at one time for teeth.

Height 12.5 cm
Length 38 cm
Credit Line Gift of the George Washington Memorial Museum, 1957
Other Number L-269-3 - Old Museum Number

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