Feast Dish, Killer Whale

American Museum of Natural History

16/8528 AB

TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE: NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN JEWELRY ARTS OF THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST. CHALKER, KARI EXHIBITION CATALOG, 2004, Publisher: HARRY N. ABRAMS, INC. CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991 THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

  • Exhibitions

    TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004) CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)


  • Type of Item feast dish
  • Culture Gwa'waenox
  • Material wood
  • Measurements length 79.0 cm, width 33.0 cm, height 23.0 cm (a) length 43.0 cm, width 13.0 cm, height 12.0 cm (b)

  • Received from George Hunt

  • Made in Gwa'waenox


  • Subject KILLER WHALE AND HUMAN FIGURE