Plate

Museum number:
2-51797
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020051797
Alternate number:
A257 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2779
Description:
Carved argellite; 5 incised daisy-like designs with rosettes and leaves on cross-hatched ground; damaged rim, old crack.
Donor:
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plates (general, dishes)
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Tourist novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 34.7 centimeters
Comment:
Second original number: Bc-5. Context of use: cf. 2-47044 for example with similar design called "jagging wheel" by Prof. Carole Kaufmann, U.C. Santa Cruz Anthropology Department.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Plate, accession number 2-51797, described as Carved argellite; 5 incised daisy-like designs with rosettes and leaves on cross-hatched ground; damaged rim, old crack.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Plate, accession number 2-51797, described as Carved argellite; 5 incised daisy-like designs with rosettes and leaves on cross-hatched ground; damaged rim, old crack.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Plate, accession number 2-51797, described as Carved argellite; 5 incised daisy-like designs with rosettes and leaves on cross-hatched ground; damaged rim, old crack.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Plate, accession number 2-51797, described as Carved argellite; 5 incised daisy-like designs with rosettes and leaves on cross-hatched ground; damaged rim, old crack.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plate, accession number 2-51797, described as Carved argellite; 5 incised daisy-like designs with rosettes and leaves on cross-hatched ground; damaged rim, old crack.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plate, accession number 2-51797, described as Carved argellite; 5 incised daisy-like designs with rosettes and leaves on cross-hatched ground; damaged rim, old crack.

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