Dish

Item number E 1907.331 from the MAA: University of Cambridge.

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Description

A low lying shallow dish carved in the shape of a seal, inlaid with abalone, bone and beads. The seal is stretched round the dish, with a large head with abalone eyes and nostrils, and an open mouth displaying bone teeth. The seal' s flippers are carved into the side of the dish and stretch out on the opposite side to the head, the flippers are accentuated by small beads. The rim of the dish is inlaid with ovals of bone and beads, the dish itself is very shallow and does not appear to be stained with grease. The underneath of the dish is flanged and carefully smoothed.; Good

Context

The accession book records that two independent researchers have noted that this dish is very possibly a copy made in Japan, Erna Gunther in 1952 and A.A Blackman in 1963. The dish is indeed rather too perfectly formed, and the underside reinforces the artificiality of the object (G.Crowther). The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.