Found 9,184 Refine Search items.
Found 9,184 Refine Search items.
The item search helps you look through the thousands of items on the RRN and find exactly what you’re after. We’ve split the search into two parts, Results, and Search Filters. You’re in the results section right now. You can still perform “Quick searches” from the menu bar, but if you’re new to the RRN, click the Search tab above and use the exploratory search.
View TutorialLog In to see more items.
FROM CARD: "ONE PAW IS BROWN AND MEASURES 9" LONG. THE OTHER IS GREY AND 11" LONG. BOTH ARE LABELLED U. AMERICANUS [American black bear = Ursus americanus]."
FROM CARD: "CARVED FROM CEDAR WOOD, BIRD AT END OF HANDLE."
From card: "Illus. in The Far North catalog, Nat. Gall. of Art, 1973, p. 173. [Illus.] page 34, Boxes and Bowls catalogue; Renwick Gallery; Smithsonian Institution Press; 1974. Object illus. on same page.[Book caption:] Animal-form bowl. Wood; carved in relief. Length: 13 3/4 [inches]. [Haida], Massett, British Columbia. ..."This has been identified as a seal-form bowl or dish.
Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.
From card: "Inlaid with shell. Cedar, hand hewn, painted."