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Object Number
88-51-10/50472
Display Title
Large food dish or box
Descriptions
Object Description
Large food dish or box; bentwood cedar box painted on four sides with bird and animal motifs, using natural wood color to decorative advantage as background to black and red brush work. Base and rim painted red.
Inventory Description
Carved wooden dish
Classification
- Dish
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1875
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Aleutians West Census Area
/
Sitkin Island
North America / United States / Alaska / Wrangell Borough / Fort Wrangell
North America / United States / Alaska / Wrangell Borough / Fort Wrangell
Materials
Cedar, Pigment, Iron alloy
Dimensions
Overall: 22 x 39 x 57.5 cm (8 11/16 x 15 3/8 x 22 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50472 (20860)/Stikine Indians/Ft. Wrangel Alaska/J. G. Swan
Credit Line
Exchange from the Smithsonian Institution, 1888
Provenance
Collector
James G. Swan
(1875)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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North America
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Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50489 | Wooden food dish |
Dish
|
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| |
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Dish
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Graham Island
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| 05-7-10/65459 | Food dish |
Dish
|
Fort Rupert
| |
| 05-7-10/64532 | Carved dish |
Dish
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Alaska
| |
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Dish
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Queen Charlotte Islands
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| 31-63-10/K89 | Small modern wooden food dish |
Dish
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Queen Charlotte Islands
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| 17-62-10/87245 | Food dish |
Dish
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British Columbia
| |
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Dish
|
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