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Object Number
17-17-10/87177
Display Title
Porpoise feast dish of cedar
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tlukw e lilh
Object Description
Porpoise feast dish of cedar
Inventory Description
Dish, carved fish design with fin handle
Classification
- Dish
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
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British Columbia
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<County>
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<City>
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Gwa I
Additional Geographic Terms
Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 21.6 x 66.6 x 26.6 cm (8 1/2 x 26 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87177
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
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