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Catalog Number CAS 0150-0049   CAS 0150-0049; Grease bowl
Category Carvings
Object Name Grease bowl
Culture Tlingit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia
County
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