Dish

29-175-306

From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-306
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kwakiutl
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Abalone
Description

Food dish. Carved from one piece of wood. Rectangular, but sides flare and slightly bulge. Ends rise in decided curve at rim. A repair patch in bottom. 24 pieces of abalone shell set in wide overhanging rim. Next to corners on both sides, 10 vertical parallel grooves. Both ends carved identically with convention-alized face (or faces) of an animal (?) . Greasy.

Height 11 cm
Length 28 cm
Width 24 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 7/1563 - Collector Number

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