Bowl
Artist
Tlingit
Datelate 19th century or early 20th
MediumWood, possibly alder
DimensionsL: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Sarah Ford Miller
Object number1951.31.9
DescriptionDish carved with front half of animal at either end. The heads are the same and may represent a wolf. The teeth are bared and the ears lie along the sides of the dish. The forepaws of the animal form the feet of the dish and are by the animal's jaw as if it were lying down. The teeth are painted white; the lips, a dull red; the nostrils and inside of the ears are bright red; the eyes, eyebrows, top of paws, outline of nostrils and ears are black; the claws are yellow. Surface is quite smooth. Tlingit Indians (source of attribution?)On View
Not on viewCollections
300 B.C. to 300 A.D.
late 18th/early 19th century
Philippines