Dish

29-175-288

From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-288
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kwakiutl (uncertain)
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Food dish. Sides made of one piece cut part way and bent at corners; sewed at fourth corner. Oblong bottom sewed or pegged. Shape rectangular; rim slightly hollow-curved on longer sides; rising curve at ends. Groove outside at bends and just below rim, framing sides. Smudge of red paint on bottom.

Height 14.3 cm
Length 21.5 cm
Width 18.5 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 6/9691 - Collector Number

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