Dish Item Number: 1885.66.9 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Small wooden dish carved into the shape of a frog with the head and shoulders of a man projecting from the rear. The frog has been painted with red and black designs, the man is European in appearance and has red lips and ?tie, and black hair, eyebrows and jacket. The unusual truncation of the man' s body suggests there may have been more to this object originally. There are no traces of grease within the dish (G.Crowther).; Good
The base of the dish has Fort Simpson written in pencil or ink, suggesting this was where the object was collected. The style also suggests a Tsimshian origin. This provenance is strengthened by a similar dish displayed in the Art Made for Sale case at the Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, which has been given a Tsimshian origin (G.Crowther). Dr George MacDonald, Director of the Canadian Museum of Civilisation, suggested that the bowl was truncated deliberately, as an insult to Europeans, and noted that the truncation reflects accurately the shape of the sternum (1994).; Collected by: Hepburn.J.E