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Wooden dish with totem of the beaver on each end
Object Number 45-28-10/27707
Display Title Wooden dish with totem of the beaver on each end
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dish with inlay eyes, teeth, abstract animal face each end, bowl center
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska?
Materials Wood, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 32 x 13.5 cm (3 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-28-10/27707; #6 ; Hudson Bay Fur Co. / Inc. / Curio Department / No. 2 / Seat
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Cabot (?)
Donor Dr. Samuel Cabot (05/24/1945-08/13/1945)

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