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Object Number
995-29-10/73514
Display Title
Carved cedar beaver Grease Feast bowl
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved cedar bowl in design of a beaver. Wood is highly polished, unpainted. Signed on bottom: "Beaver Grease Bowl, Norman Tait, Nass River, B.C., Nisnga Indian."
Inventory Description
Bowl, cedar, carved and incised beaver figure, flat base, stained
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1979
Artist
Norman Tait
Culture
- Nishga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Nass River
Materials
Cedar
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 21 x 12.1 cm (3 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Distance: 8.2 x 11.8 x 21.5 cm (3 1/4 x 4 5/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73514 & NW 3 & BEAVER / GREASE BOWL / NORMAN TAIT / NASS RIVER / B.C.
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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