Wolf bowl; carved red cedar; blue pigment around eyes, nostrils; open mouth with red pigment; carved tail twisted to right side. Metal plate nailed to top of tail; snail opercula teeth (5 missing); 8 empty sockets for decorations around edge of bowl; left rear leg not original (probably redwood).
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
Taxon:
Sequoia sempervirens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1947
Context of use:
Used at feasts and potlatches." Mate to 2-16011.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.8 centimeters and height 56.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-1993. Conservation: Both left legs repaired with Duratite Wood Dough. 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 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), S1973-1974 #49: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1973–August 8, 1974), and S1974-1975 #41: Palo Alto Cultural Center (January 6, 1975–March 19, 1975)