Bear feast dish

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Date created: 1966

Culture/People: Yakutat Tlingit
Artist/Maker: George Daniel Benson, Sr., Yakutat Tlingit, 1900-1986
IACB source: Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office, Sitka, Alaska (IACB Office, Sitka, Alaska)
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: Indian Arts and Crafts Board Demonstration Workshop (Sitka, Alaska) (IACB Demonstration Workshop)

Collection History: Formerly in the collection held by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Office in Sitka, Alaska, which included many pieces produced and acquired during IACB demonstration-workshops held in Sitka between 1962 and 1968; transferred to the IACB Headquarters collection in Washington, DC, in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Alexander Archipelago
Island Name: Baranof Island

See related items: Yakutat Tlingit; Food/Beverage Serving
On View: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6995
Barcode: 256995.000

Object Type: Food/Beverage Serving

Object Name: Bear feast dish
Media/Materials: Alder
Techniques: Carved
Dimensions: 20.5 x 9.5 x 7.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fc0a11cc-368f-408d-bbe6-ceed54ad43d7

Record ID: NMAI_272880