Dish

NA3873

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3873
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Beads | Shell
Description

Shallow, wooden dish. Oval, carved in the shape of an animal with head at one end and flippers at the opposite. 17 depressions around the rim, 11 empty and 6 with inlay. Sides are flattened and inlaid with shell and beads.

Credit Line Gift of David Milne, 1911

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