Feast Dish

American Museum of Natural History

16/8527 A

OBJECTS OF EXCHANGE: SOCIAL AND MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION ON THE LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY NORTHWEST COAST. GLASS, AARON EXHIBITION CATALOG, 2011, Publisher: BARD GRADUATE CENTER CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991 OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE: SECOND EDITION. WARDWELL, ALLEN EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1978

  • Exhibitions

    WHALES: GIANTS OF THE DEEP (AMNH, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, 2013) OBJECTS OF EXCHANGE: SOCIAL AND MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION (BARD GRADUATE CENTER/AMNH NORTHWEST COAST STUDY GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2013) CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2013) OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE (AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2013)


  • Type of Item feast dish
  • Culture Gwaaenox
  • Material wood, paint pigment
  • Measurements length 76.7 cm, width 32.3 cm, height 25.8 cm (overall)

  • Received from George Hunt

  • Made in Gwa'waenox


  • Subject KILLER WHALE AND HUMAN FIGURE