Feasting vessel

Museum number:
2-19569
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Accession number:
Acc.904
Description:
Large, wooden, thunderbird bowl, feasting vessel.
Donor:
Harwood A. White
Collection place:
Karlukwees, Turnour Island, British Columbia
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Turnour Island; Karlukwees
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collector:
Stewart Edward White
Collection date:
1924
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Vessels (containers)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1947
Context of use:
Mate ? to 2-16060.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
crate— length 88 inches, crate— height 35 inches, and crate— width 31 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-21192. References: See Accession 1940-A.
Loans:
S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown), S1963-1964 #58: Art Institute of Chicago (February 4, 1964–May 15, 1964), S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), and S1967-1968 #52: Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (December 28, 1967–March 19, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Feasting vessel, accession number 2-19569, described as Large, wooden, thunderbird bowl, feasting vessel.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feasting vessel, accession number 2-19569, described as Large, wooden, thunderbird bowl, feasting vessel.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feasting vessel, accession number 2-19569, described as Large, wooden, thunderbird bowl, feasting vessel.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feasting vessel, accession number 2-19569, described as Large, wooden, thunderbird bowl, feasting vessel.

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