Tray

NA7635

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7635
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Shell | Pigment
Technique Carved
Description

Shallow feast dish or 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 slightly higher than the long sides. Both short ends have a face carved on the interior and are darkly discolored. The rim is lined with opercula shells. The underside has multiple painted lines in black toward one end.

Length 60 cm
Width 25 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917
Other Number TY 2, L 5 - Other Number

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