Household Box Representing Killer Whale(Taod) Item Number: 05.588.7311 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This box is carved on all sides with the Northwest Coast "form" style of abstracted figures representing a killer whale.It would have had a wood lid set on top.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1899
What
- Name
- Household Box Representing Killer Whale(Taod)
- Identification Number
- 05.588.7311
- Type of Item
- killer whale and box
- Material
- wood and pigment
- Measurements
- “11 5/8 x 9 13/16 in. (29.5 x 25.0 cm)” ?
Who
- Culture
- Haida
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1899
Other
- Location
- Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
- Classification
- Container