dish (food service)

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11233
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11233
Detail view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11233
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11233
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11233
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11233 General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11233 Detail view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11233 General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11233 General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11233

A rectangular food dish made of wood. The exterior of the dish is carved with anthropomorphic or zoomorphic figures. There are oval pieces of either bone or shell. There are squares of mother of pearl inlaid down the sides of the container. Some of the shells and mother of pearl have become detached and are missing.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn11233
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 6.6142 x 18.7402 x 14.685 in.; 168 x 476 x 373 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; shell; mother of pearl
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > Americas > Pacific Northwest - generosity and potlatch
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