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

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).

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

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

Small silver brooch in the shape and carved design of an American eagle with outspread wings and its head facing right. Metal fastening pin soldered onto back.

The paint is blue and black.

The paint is blue, black, and red.

This small spoon features a bird and killer whale design. A wood spoon with a bowl painted in a black, red and green design and a straight, outward angled, cylindrical handle that has three horizontal red bands across the lower portion. The bowl of the spoon has a design that consists of an open beaked bird design. The bird has a black circle in circle eye outlined by green with a red crescent shape behind it, all of which is surrounded by a black ovoid. The black outlined beak has a red and green nostril. The open mouth is outlined by red and has a black dashed w-line emanating from it. Behind the head, there is a black ovoid in ovoid from which two black outlined u forms extend that have red and green dots within. The circular black claw has three digits. The tip of the bowl of the spoon is red.

Eagle with black eyes surrounded by a dark green area with black brows above, and a red lined beak. The upswept wings each have six feather sections painted dark green, and red outlined with black. The chest has a face painted with its black eyes surrounded by a dark green area, with a red mouth, and outlined with black. Signed by artist.