Black shale dish

Made:
1880-1900 in Canada
Black shale dish

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Black shale dish, circular, concave but shallow flat rim, curved in bas-relief with symbolic figures, carved near Fort Simpson, but Haida craftsmanship apparent, thus Haida, Northwest Territories, 1880-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A300056
Materials:
shale
Measurements:
height 32 mm
rim: diameter 336 mm
bowl: diameter 290 mm
maximum: thickness 14 mm
type:
dish

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