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Object Number 88-51-10/50063
Display Title Wooden mortar or dish/bowl
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden mortar or dish/bowl
Inventory Description Bowl, straight walls
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Aglurmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bristol Bay
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 7.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm (2 15/16 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50063/61/55963/Bristol Bay/C.L. McKay
Provenance
Collector Charles L. McKay (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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