Dish

Museum number:
2-30943
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1931
Description:
Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.
Donor:
James P. Heath, Phyllis Heath Walker, and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
Harold Heath
Taxon:
Haliotis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dishes (vessels for food)
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 45 centimeters
Loans:
S1965-1966 #16: California State University, East Bay/Clarence E. Smith (September 17, 1965–November 23, 1965), S1967-1968 #52: Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (December 28, 1967–March 19, 1968), and S1974-1975 #41: Palo Alto Cultural Center (January 6, 1975–March 19, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Dish, accession number 2-30943, described as Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Dish, accession number 2-30943, described as Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Dish, accession number 2-30943, described as Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Dish, accession number 2-30943, described as Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Dish, accession number 2-30943, described as Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Dish, accession number 2-30943, described as Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Dish, accession number 2-30943, described as Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Dish, accession number 2-30943, described as Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 2-30943, described as Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 2-30943, described as Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 2-30943, described as Zoomorphic wooden dish; anterior section resembles fox, but posterior section has a beaver tail; eyes and base of tail inlaid with haliotis pieces; 4 stone insets around bowl.

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