Mortar
29-175-211
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-211 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Whale Bone |
| Description | Whale vertebra. Bowl oval, flattened dorsally. Dorsal and lateral spines carved to represent animal heads with round eyes, long snouts and small, open, toothless mouths. The dorsal head has erect ears. |
| Height | 16 cm |
| Length | 40 cm |
| Width | 44.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9277 - Collector Number |
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