Oval, argellite; bone insets in rim, "Jagging wheel" design on center interior; arms and hands, faces carved on underside. Made from carved argellite and inlaid whalebone. Fide Carol Sheehan: rosette and leaf dish bowl with humans on outer surface, feet at base.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
Tourist novelty; authenticated by Prof. Carole Kaufmann, U.C. Santa Cruz Anthro Department, 1970; she did Ph.D. at U.C.L.A. on Haida argillite carvings.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 18.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)