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Object Number
88-51-10/50446
Display Title
Wooden dish in form of beaver
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Dish, carved/painted beaver, ovoid bowl, extended head, paws, tail, chewing st
Classification
- Dish
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th Century
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Chichagof Island
/
Hoonah
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 9.3 x 11.3 x 32.2 cm (3 11/16 x 4 7/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Chilkat, Alaska, Com. Beardslee, #2 beaver from Hoonah, Alaska L.A.B.; 50446; 46477 [crossed out] / Chilkhat, Alask / Com. Beardslee; 88-51-10/50446; 7
Provenance
Collector
Commander Beardslee
(01/01/1838-01/01/1886)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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