Feast Dish Item Number: 25.0/241 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
This dish is carved in the form of a reclining human figure, knees drawn close to the body, head extending outward at the opposite end, and hands grasping the edge of the bowl, which encompasses the whole torso. The carving of the disk-shaped head is highly stylized in the Kwakwaka'wakw manner and is painted black, yellow, green, and white. A carved rim resembling rope surrounds the face. It probably represents the twisted red cedar bark that has such a prominent role in the Tseyka ritual. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is yellow, green, black, and white.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Feast Dish
- Identification Number
- 25.0/241
- Type of Item
- feast dish
- Material
- wood and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- length 76.0 in, width 25.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Figure | Human
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection