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Wooden food dish
Object Number 99-12-10/53091
Display Title Wooden food dish
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden food dish. Carved in the form of a double-headed mosquito. One head with a stinger.
Inventory Description Carved wooden bowl, double headed zoomorphic figure, polished.
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1820
Culture
  • Tlingit?
  • Haida?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast, USA
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 26.67 x 9.53 x 7.62 cm (10 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-10/53091 & L52/2/82
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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