Feast Dish, Killer Whale Item Number: 16/8528 AB from the American Museum of Natural History
Publications
TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE: NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN JEWELRY ARTS OF THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST. CHALKER, KARI EXHIBITION CATALOG, 2004, Publisher: HARRY N. ABRAMS, INC.
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991
THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909
Exhibitions
TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)
Item History
- Made in Gwa'waenox, British Columbia, Canada
- Received from George Hunt
What
- Name
- Feast Dish, Killer Whale
- Identification Number
- 16/8528 AB
- Type of Item
- feast dish
- Material
- wood
- A
- length 79.0 cm, width 33.0 cm, height 23.0 cm
- B
- length 43.0 cm, width 13.0 cm, height 12.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: Gwa'waenox
- 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