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Bentwood Box Dish

Date1899

Mediumcedar, paint

DimensionsOther: 34 × 38 cm (13 3/8 × 14 15/16 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-707

Object numberHRC 00707

Descriptionfeast dish, of one piece of wood notched in 3 places and bent to form right angle corners, 4th being joined between 4 wooden pegs. notches form right angles. sides slightly curved, have a flat rim, and are concave on the inside. red and black formlines create identical, assymmetric designs on each end and on eacch side. design on side suggests tail fin, possibly whale. base inset andpegged with wooden pegs, 4 per side.

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