Catalog Number |
CAS 0150-0049 |
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Category |
Carvings |
Object Name |
Grease bowl |
Culture |
Tlingit |
Global Region |
North America |
Country |
Canada |
State/Prov./Dist. |
British Columbia |
County |
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Other Geographic
Data |
unknown |
Maker's Name |
Unknown |
Date of Manufacture |
unknown (pre-1906?) |
Collection Name |
N/A |
Materials |
Wood: spruce (?) (Picea sp.); Abalone (Haliotis sp.) shell; Bone |
Description |
Shallow oval wooden bowl with wide flat rim, carved in the form of an octopus with human-like head forming handle at one end and 2 octopus tentacles extending out from head and wrapping around rim of bowl, their ends dangling into the bowl interior; Eyes and teeth on head are inlaid with abalone shell; Six rectangular pieces of bone are inlaid around rim of bowl. |
Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 13.3, Width = 19.4, Length = 39.2 |