Mortar
29-175-209
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-209 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Whale Bone |
| Description | Whale vertebra. Cavity oval. Dorsal process carved to form animal head: short, erect ears; round eyes; long snout with open, toothless mouth. Side processes: one with open, toothless mouth in pig-like snout; round eyes; other quasi-human: nose; open, toothless mouth; round eyes. |
| Height | 17.5 cm |
| Length | 43 cm |
| Width | 35 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9275 - Collector Number |
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