Small, sea lion oil bowl. Design on flippers signifies power in navigation (design fide Charles Brown, June 1964).
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Sea lion oil bowl.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
13.5 centimeters and length 23 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1975-1976 #75: University of San Francisco/Kathy Nelson (April 16, 1976–April 29, 1976)