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Grease Dish

Date1895-1901

Mediumcedar

DimensionsOther: 6.5 × 8.7 × 9 cm (2 9/16 × 3 7/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Ceremonies
Wood Carving

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-374

Object numberHRC 00374

Descriptionsmall dish carved from one piece of undulating rim, ends are quite high. dish is saturated with grease. ovoid face designs are incised on the exterior ends while vertical lines decorate the two longer sides. rim is carved with little holes at intervals, which perhaps once held opercula shell.
collected in Skidegate

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