Wooden, cedar or yew, Carved out of a single piece of wood, in the shape of a bird. representing a bird; Carved out while green and soft, and processed and hardened by boiling in water; Oil impregnated.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Prince William Sound, Valdez-Cordova Borough, Alaska
Culture or time period:
Chugach, Kodiak Eskimo, and Tlingit
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
This is a child's eating dish.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
5.25 inches, 24 centimeters, 9.5 inches, and 13 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-18656-57" Remarks: "Cf. Birket-Smith, The Chugach, fig. 30a
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), and S1974-1975 #41: Palo Alto Cultural Center (January 6, 1975–March 19, 1975)