Printed note card with an image on the front, in black ink, of a bird in flight, facing back toward the viewer's right on ivory coloured paper. The card is blank inside. The artist logo (similar to the card image), is also in black ink, on the back of the card, in the bottom right corner.

Printed note card with an image on the front, in black ink, of a bird in flight, facing back toward the viewer's right on ivory coloured paper. The card is blank inside. The artist logo (similar to the card image), is also in black ink, on the back of the card, in the bottom right corner.

One rectangular reddish brown clay brick with a slight intentional rectangular depression in the top surface. Brick has many chips, as well as splashes of green paint and white accretions.

Wooden feast dish (parts a-i) consisting of three large, deeply carved bowls (parts a-c), the whole forming a supernatural creature called a sisiutl. The bowls each sit of 2 sets of wheels that are loosely joined by mortise and tenon arrangements. The two end bowls (parts a and c) each depict the head and body of the serpent with a large protruding snout, carved eyes, ears and bared teeth. The middle bowl (part b) has a carved and painted human-like face on the sides, with two hands on the joins. Two large ladles (parts d-e) balance in the mouths of the sisuitl, projecting outward like tongues, held in by their handles. On top of the heads are four horn-like extensions (parts f-i), one at each end and two in the middle section. The bowl is painted with black, white, green, red and yellow design elements. There are holes in the overlapping slotted pieces for dowels (not incl. with dish).

Gift of Alice Moss.

Gift of Alice Moss.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art. Collected: Axel Rasmussen

TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)