Wooden Tray, Kantag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE: FIG.354, P.261. LOAN RETURNED: JAN 21 1993." Crossroads catalogue caption identifies as: bowl with conventionalized animal face design in interior, Bering Sea Eskimo. "Two nucleated circles are the basis for this simple rendition of an animal's face, showing eyes, nose, whiskers, and markings. Nucleated circles (also known as the circle and dot) have been used for thousands of years in Eskimo art. In the Central Yupik language, they are called ellam iinga, meaning "eye of awareness." These and other symbols were used by Bering Sea Eskimo to support their complex transformational view of the spirit-world. Many different kinds of illustrations were used on the inside of bentwood food bowls, including animals, legendary beings, and hunting scenes. No doubt, people learned (and told) stories from these designs while eating. Bowls with bentwood rims were used by women; unrimmed bowls by men. Although collected from an Eskimo village this bowl was attributed to Ingalik manufacture (Fitzhugh and Kaplan 1982:238)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kigiktauik, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo (?)
label: Culture
content: Ingalik (Deg Xitʼan, Degexitʼan, Deg Hit'an) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E33060-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl