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Carved cedar beaver Grease Feast bowl
Carved cedar beaver Grease Feast bowl
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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