Large oval argillite platter with shell inlay around the top of the outer edge. The centre of the platter is concave and completely covered with a design of a large, central, sculpin face, with a human on each side of it in profile, facing inward. The rim had sixteen evenly spaced oval shell inlays, but seven shells holes are empty.

Ceramic platter. The front has a white background with painted images of a killer whale, raven, and fish, in black and brown, with incised linear accents. A border of short black lines covers the edges. Inscription on the back describes the scene as "trickster raven inside the great killerwhale after his escape from the irate husband". The platter is rectangular in shape; unglazed.

Ceramic platter. The front has a white background with a painted grizzly bear in brown and black with light blue accents. The animal is seated, eyes wide, mouth open, forelegs raised to the sides, back legs bent. Inscription on the back of the piece describes the scene as "the Great Grizzly Bear before his terrible battle with Mother Beaver". The platter is rectangular in shape, with a shiny glaze covering the front and back.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection. Collected: Elizabeth Cole Butler

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

Oval, black-grey carved argillite platter. Engraved image of a Wasgo (sea wolf) type creature covers the upper surface; the creature has a whale's dorsal and pectoral fin and tail, but also has arms and legs with long claws on the ends. The edge of the platter has an engraved rope-like border decoration.

AMEC Analysis: Part: Body Paste: Hotel ware Functional Classification: Domestic Comments: This piece consists of two contiguous fragments. Two clear glazed earthenware platter fragments that cross mend. Smaller fragment labeled 45KI765/P9-67a, larger fragment labeled 45KI765/P9-67b. Brown and orange discoloration on top and bottom surfaces. Large chip from bottom of rim. J. Dougherty 12/17/2009.

Many round plates such as this one were made in the mid-nineteenth century, very often with this kind of geometric and floral decoration. Some of the inspiration for these plates probably came from English tableware of the time, and certain of the motifs may derive from scrimshaw designs developed by American whalers, especially the wheel-like rosette, which has been likened to the jagging wheels made by the scrimshanders. The plates, like almost all argillite carvings, were purely decorative and were not intended for use. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)