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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Alaska Native
Title:Oil bowl
Type:Food Service
Materials:Wood
Place Made:North America; United States; Alaska
Measurements:Overall: 5 1/4 x 16 5/8 x 5 7/16 in.; 13.335 x 42.2275 x 13.8113 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK E.12.A.35.2
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Long oval-shaped carved wooden bowl with one large bird head protruding from one end and two smaller bird heads protruding from the other, simulating handles.

Tags:
Native American; indigenous people

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