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Whale dish of cedar
Object Number 17-17-10/87173
Display Title Whale dish of cedar
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Hloqualilh
Object Description Whale dish of cedar. Cover and dish.
Inventory Description Carved wood box with lid, shaped whale, carved face on fin, traces of paint, hol
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I
Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 98 x 35 x 24 cm (38 9/16 x 13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 17-17-10/87173
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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