Carved Wooden Dish Or Bowl Item Number: E9249-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
As of 2014, there are two bowls numbered E9249. It is possible that one may actually be # E9246, which was not found during the inventory? # 1 of 2, the darker bowl, has been identified by Joe Zuboff, Angoon Cultural Leader, 2014, as carved to represent a beaver. # 2 of 2, which is also numbered 9249A, represents a seal, and has a large open crack at one end.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. Alexander H. Hoff in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA between 1867 and 1869
- Received from Army Medical Museum during 1870
What
- Name
- Carved Wooden Dish Or Bowl
- Identification Number
- E9249-0
- Type of Item
- dish
Who
- Field Collector
- Dr. Alexander H. Hoff
- Received from
- Army Medical Museum
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- between 1867 and 1869
- Acquisition Date
- during 1870
Other
- Accession Number
- 001767