Mortar
29-175-208
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-208 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Whale Bone |
| Description | Whale vertebra. cavity round. Dorsal process carved to form animal head; long snout with small toothless, open mouth; round eyes; pits in place of ears. Lateral processes: snake-like heads; open, toothless mouths; round eyes. Ventral process; human face with round eyes; nose; open mouth; teeth indicated. |
| Height | 13.7 cm |
| Length | 47.2 cm |
| Width | 56.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9274 - Collector Number |
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