Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Wooden dish carved in the shape of a frog resting on its legs. It is decorated with green and blue background paint with red dots. The inside of the bowl has been painted red in two bands. The eyes on this figure are rather crude in style (G.Crowther).; Good
Large open dish in the shape of a beaver with projecting head and tail, and stands on four sturdy legs. The eyes are made from blue glass beads, the nostrils from smaller white beads, and the mouth has a red tongue. The body of the beaver is painted dark brownish red, and the tail has been textured with dents.; Good
Small flat dish carved and painted in the form of a halibut. On the uppermost surface the face has the characteristic off-centre eyes and mouth, and a fin painted in the form of an ovoid, the tail tapers behind. Underneath the fins and gill slit have been painted.; Good
A high ended grease bowl with an undulating rim which is studded with brass tacks. Brass tacks generally were used instead of operculum shells, and were much more popular with Plains Indians. The outside of the bowl is decorated with bilaterally symmetrical designs composed of the characteristic ovoids and U-forms. It is difficult to identify the creature represented on the ends. Inside the bowl the traces of grease can still be seen, and a ridge following the rim and branching upwards to the edges of the high ends. These ridges are possibly the decorative vestiges of the birch bark precursors made by the Athapaskan peoples (G.Crowther).; Good
A boat shaped grease dish with roughly carved animal heads at either ends. The dish is very dark and impregnated with grease. Unusually it has been carved across the grain, therefore the grease has migrated along the grain of the wood and appears on the sides of the dish rather than more usually at the ends.; Good.
Grease dish with a carved raven head projecting from one end and an eagle or hawk head projecting from the rear. The raven head is reminiscent of raven rattles, and holds a small red block, the sun, in its beak. On the raven' s head a humanoid face rests, with the arms of the humanoid painted in red round the rim of the bowl, and its legs painted below the raven head. The stance of the humanoid, coupled with the raven head is similar to the steps of the raven dance performed at Winter ceremonials The inside of the bowl is painted red with cross hatching. The eagle or hawk projects on a flange from the rear and is reminiscent of a chief' s frontlet in form. The carving is highlighted with red paint. probably reapplied after the original carving. The paint used in the past was bound with salmon roe which didn' t adhere successfully to the oolichan grease soaked wood (G.Crowther).; Good
A grease dish carved into the shape of a seal, with the head projecting beyond the body of the dish, unfortunately the tail has been broken off. The seal is carved in the configurative style with its front flippers clearly visible on the side of the dish. The entire outside of the dish is carved with ovoids and U-forms, comprising the seal' s body. The outside of the dish is badly cracked, but the inside is intact. The inside of the dish has a noticeable ridge running round the bottom and bifurcating at either end to join the rim of the dish. There is also some traces of the grease at both ends of the bowl. The ridge may possibly be a vestige of birch bark precursors (G.Crowther).; Good
A) Large rectangular bowl with the characteristic undulating rim and identical bilaterally symmetrical decoration at both ends. The rim is studded with operculum shells, some of which are missing. The sides have parallel grooves at either end, and a groove following the edge of the rim. The bowl is dark coloured and has traces of grease impregnating the wood. The oolichan grease served in such bowls tends to be absorbed following the grain of the wood, and therefore is more noticeable at the ends of the bowls rather than the centre. As the grease soaked ends dry out there is a tendency for the ends to split, as has happened to this bowl. The splits have been repaired by inserting strips of wood. B) Small rectangular bowl with the characteristic undulating rim. The sides of the bowl are decorated with parallel grooves at either end, and a groove which follows the edge of the rim. The ends of the bowl are decorated with identical bilaterally symmetrical designs painted black and red. One end of the bowl has split.; Good
Small rectangular bowl with the characteristic undulating rim and identical bilaterally symmetrical decoration at both ends. The sides have parallel grooves at either end, and a groove following the edge of the rim. The bowl is dark coloured suggesting use and has traces of grease impregnating the wood. One end of the bowl has a split which has been crudely repaired using a metal staple. The decoration on the ends is highly abstract, possibly being an eagle, but more probably being deliberately ambiguous to allow an identity to be asserted by successive owners (G.Crowther).; Good
Bowl carved from alder with characteristic undulating rim which is high at the ends and dips on the sides. The bowl is carved in the form of a beaver, with a projecting snout revealing large incisors clenching the characteristic chewing stick which is held by paws. The sides of the bowl form the beaver' s body, having legs, and the end is shaped into a projecting, crosshatched, tail. This end is also decorated with ovoids and U-forms. Inside the bowl the rim can be seen to be a flange. Thelight colour of the wood suggests the bowl has never been used.; Good