Dish
29-175-278
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-278 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Iconography | Sea Lion |
| Description | "Child's dish representing sea lion". Bowl oblong-oval; hollow. Details of animal carved and/or painted white, black and red. Semi-realistic, with conventional joints painted on flippers. Teeth carved. Black eyebrows. Front flippers, with long fingers, flat to sides. Hind flippers meet behind fat, white tail. Small dashes of black, red and white decorate head and body. Scallop design in black on rim of bowl. |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Length | 40.3 cm |
| Width | 11.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 2/8485 - Collector Number |
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