Dish
29-175-291
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-291 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Oval food dish. Boat-shaped: bottom flat; sides curved and flaring, ends incurved and rising to high curve at rim. Narrow, length-wise, parallel grooves inside, giving fluted effect; crosswise parallel grooves decorate rim; short, slanting grooves outside in horizontal rows; three grooves outside rim. Rim at top of sides dlants outward, perpendicular to flare of sides. Small K carved on one side. |
| Height | 18 cm |
| Length | 65.4 cm |
| Width | 28.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9055 - Collector Number |
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