Dish Or Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Feb 1894
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NO. 168619 OBLONG IN SHAPE OF FLOATING SEAL." Illus. Fig. 157, p. 162 in Crowell, Aron, Amy F. Steffian, and Gordon L. Pullar. 2001. Looking both ways: heritage and identity of the Alutiiq people. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press. Identified there: Seal-shaped food bowl. Men ate from round and animal-shaped bowls. This bowl depicts a seal with its head and tail above water. Ripples from the swimming seal form the rim. The wood is stained with the rich oils of Alutiiq cuisine."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chenega Island, Prince William Sound / Seward Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Chugach
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027806
label: USNM Number
content: E168619-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37 cm