Dish Item Number: Z 11446 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
A dish carved from a whale vertebra in the form of a crouched figure, possibly a frog or a human. The eyes are large ovoids.; Good
Context
In 1994 Dr George MacDonald, of the Canadian Museum of Civilisation, gave the dish a Tlingit provenance. The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
What
- Name
- Dish
- Identification Number
- Z 11446
- Type of Item
- dish
- Material
- whale bone
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Keyword
- Food Preparation; Ceremonial Objects