Bowl/Dish in the form of a beaver
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- Date created
- 1850-1900
- Culture/People
- probably Gitxaała (attributed)
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in London, England, in 1937.
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- Place
- Kitkatla (Lax Klan); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada (inferred)
- See related items
- Gitxaała
- Food/Beverage Serving
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Outside Mitsitam Café, Containers and Utensils
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 19/6200
- Barcode
- 196200.000
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
- Indigenous Term
- aaya
- Object Name
- Bowl/Dish in the form of a beaver
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 9.5 x 7 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_209583