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Object Number 45-28-10/27703
Display Title Wooden dish - carving on each end represents the beaver totem
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dish, rectangular with flaring ends with carved facial designs
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Haida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Prince of Wales Island
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 6.3 x 55.4 x 13.5 cm (2 1/2 x 21 13/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-28-10/27703; Hudson Bay Co Inc. . Curio Dept
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Cabot (?)
Donor Dr. Samuel Cabot (1945)

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