Dish, Double Headed Wolf Item Number: 16/4690 from the American Museum of Natural History

Exhibitions

CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1991)

Publications

CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ART OF THE POTLATCH. FREED, STANLEY A., 1997, Publisher: POMEGRANATE
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991
FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988
THE ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY OF FRANZ BOAS. WHITE, LESLIE A., 1963
PRIMITIVE ART. BOAS, FRANZ, 1951, Publisher: CAPITAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

Item History

What

Name
Dish, Double Headed Wolf
Identification Number
16/4690
Type of Item
dish
Material
wood, pigment and bone
Overall
length 116.3 cm, width 37.0 cm, height 42.0 cm

Who

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: Koskimo
Field Collector
Harlan I. Smith
Received from
Morris K. Jesup

Where

Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
Made in
Koskimo, British Columbia, Canada

Other

Subject
DOUBLE HEADED WOLF