Mortar
29-175-206
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-206 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Whale Bone |
| Description | Whale vertebra. Spinal processes removed except neural groove and dorsal spine which is carve to form animal head: large erect ears; round eyes; open, beak-like mouth; no teeth. No bottom to mortar. |
| Height | 32 cm |
| Length | 51.7 cm |
| Width | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9272 - Collector Number |
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