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Feast dish. Made of red cedar, with red coloring and animal motifs
Feast dish. Made of red cedar, with red coloring and animal motifs
Object Number 17-17-10/87176
Display Title Feast dish. Made of red cedar, with red coloring and animal motifs
Descriptions
Object Description Feast dish. Made of red cedar. Red coloring (vermillion), with animal motifs (grizzly bears). Illustration represents a family story of an ancestor and friendly bears.
Inventory Description Dish
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Date 1840-1869
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 Paint
Dimensions Overall: 63 x 30 x 28 cm (24 13/16 x 11 13/16 x 11 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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