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Object Number 03-1-10/62747
Display Title Food dish
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial dish used to hold food for the deaceased.
Inventory Description Bowl, oblong, carved wood, rounded base, black/red painted bands - interior, p
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Athapaskan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 5 x 42 x 15.2 cm (1 15/16 x 16 9/16 x 6 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 62747
Provenance
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (12/01/1903)
Collector Unknown (01/01/1870-01/01/1876)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (12/01/1903)

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