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Food vessel of wood
Object Number 88-51-10/50477
Display Title Food vessel of wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dish, bentwood box, corners fixed with fiber, carved facial designs
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Haida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Graham Island
Additional Geographic Terms Masset Bay
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 14.1 x 14.5 cm (3 15/16 x 5 9/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50477; L52/2/84; No. 137 Wood dish 12 1/14 / Haida Indians Masett BC /
Provenance
Collector James G. Swan
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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