Tray

NA7634

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7634
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Shell | Pigment
Description

Shallow tray carved from one piece of wood. Rectangular shape with sides that slope toward a smaller, rectangular base. The sides are carved with the short ends higher than the long sides. Both short ends have a hawk's face carved on the interior with the beak curving downward and back into the mouth. The surfaces around the curved faces are heavily darkened. A formline, animal and face design is painted on the interior in red and black pigments. The rim is lined with opercula shells.

Length 71.5 cm
Width 25 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917

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