Dish

Museum number:
2-4643
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x - 1039 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Square. Beaver design (vertical lines on side are beaver's gnawing tooth marks). Rim inlaid with snail opercula.
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:
Northwest Coastal People
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dishes (vessels for food)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Grease dish. Used as a gift during ceremonies (fide Charles Brown, June 1964). Just as likely to be household food dish (see A.P. Niblack).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 15.5 centimeters, width 14.5 centimeters, and length 7.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Dish, accession number 2-4643, described as Square. Beaver design (vertical lines on side are beaver's gnawing tooth marks). Rim inlaid with snail opercula.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Dish, accession number 2-4643, described as Square. Beaver design (vertical lines on side are beaver's gnawing tooth marks). Rim inlaid with snail opercula.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Dish, accession number 2-4643, described as Square. Beaver design (vertical lines on side are beaver's gnawing tooth marks). Rim inlaid with snail opercula.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Dish, accession number 2-4643, described as Square. Beaver design (vertical lines on side are beaver's gnawing tooth marks). Rim inlaid with snail opercula.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Dish, accession number 2-4643, described as Square. Beaver design (vertical lines on side are beaver's gnawing tooth marks). Rim inlaid with snail opercula.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 2-4643, described as Square. Beaver design (vertical lines on side are beaver's gnawing tooth marks). Rim inlaid with snail opercula.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 2-4643, described as Square. Beaver design (vertical lines on side are beaver's gnawing tooth marks). Rim inlaid with snail opercula.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 2-4643, described as Square. Beaver design (vertical lines on side are beaver's gnawing tooth marks). Rim inlaid with snail opercula.

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