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Wooden food dish, animal-shaped
Wooden food dish, animal-shaped
Object Number 88-51-10/50459.1
Display Title Wooden food dish, animal-shaped
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden food dish, animal-shaped
Inventory Description Dish, seal shape, oval peaked ends, one head, other tail, abstract facial desig
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Haida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 9.4 x 24.2 x 14 cm (3 11/16 x 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50459.1; 50498
Provenance
Collector J. J. McLean
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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