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Object Number
17-17-10/87137
Display Title
Oil dish of alder; dsebadsi
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
dsebadsi
Object Description
Oil dish of alder; dish serves three people, contains fish oil into which dried fish or hemlock bark are dipped. Still in use.
Inventory Description
Dish, carved tapered oval, upturned edges, ridged
Classification
- Dish
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Cormorant Island
/
Yilis?
Additional Geographic Terms
Alert Bay; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9 x 18.6 x 10.5 cm (3 1/8 x 7 5/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-17-10/87137; 87137
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917 - 1917)
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