Object Number | NA7635 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Shell | Pigment |
Technique | Carved |
Description | Shallow feast dish or tray carved from one piece of wood. Rectangular shape with sides that slope toward a smaller, rectangular base. The sides are carved with the short ends slightly higher than the long sides. Both short ends have a face carved on the interior and are darkly discolored. The rim is lined with opercula shells. The underside has multiple painted lines in black toward one end. |
Length | 60 cm |
Width | 25 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917 |
Other Number | TY 2, L 5 - Other Number |
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