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Object Number
28-16-10/98291
Display Title
Wooden bowl
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden bowl in form of bird, carved from light-colored dense hardwood and decorated with copper alloy tacks. There is a historic inlay repair with white metal (lead) and an unidentified fill material.
Inventory Description
Bowl, carved wood in the shape of a bird
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1865 or earlier
Culture
- Siksika
- Lakota
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
North America / Canada
North America / Canada
Materials
Wood, Copper alloy
Dimensions
Overall: 17.5 x 33 x 41.4 cm (6 7/8 x 13 x 16 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Exchange with the Worcester Historical Society, 1928
Provenance
Collector
Col. Sibley
(1865)
Intermediary
Worcester Society of Natural History
(?)
Intermediary
Worcester Society of Antiquity
(?)
Intermediary
John Alton
(?)
Donor
Worcester Historical Society
(1928)
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