Feast Dish Item Number: 16/8527 A from the American Museum of Natural History
Publications
OBJECTS OF EXCHANGE: SOCIAL AND MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION ON THE LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY NORTHWEST COAST. GLASS, AARON EXHIBITION CATALOG, 2011, Publisher: BARD GRADUATE CENTER
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991
OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE: SECOND EDITION. WARDWELL, ALLEN EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1978
Exhibitions
WHALES: GIANTS OF THE DEEP (AMNH, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, 2013)
OBJECTS OF EXCHANGE: SOCIAL AND MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION (BARD GRADUATE CENTER/AMNH NORTHWEST COAST STUDY GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2013)
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2013)
OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE (AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2013)
Item History
- Made in Gwa'waenox, British Columbia, Canada
- Received from George Hunt
What
- Name
- Feast Dish
- Identification Number
- 16/8527 A
- Type of Item
- feast dish
- Material
- wood and paint pigment
- Overall
- length 76.7 cm, width 32.3 cm, height 25.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: Gwaaenox
- Received from
- George Hunt
Where
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Gwa'waenox, British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Subject
- KILLER WHALE AND HUMAN FIGURE