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
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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