Carved Wooden Platter
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Sep 1902
name: label: Collector
content: Israel C. Russell
label: Donor Name
content: Israel C. Russell
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS YUPIK DISH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY DR. WILLIAM FITZHUGH 5-2-2001 AS: SINGLE-PIECE CONSTRUCTION WITH A PAINTED 'HOOP' REPRESENTING THE IMAGE OF A HOOP ON A YUPIK MASK. THE CENTRAL FIGURE DEPICTS TWO THUNDERBIRDS FLYING WITH RECENT MEALS IN THEIR BELLIES, ONE A CARIBOU, SEEN DEFECATING IN FRIGHT, AND A SEAL. THE THUNDERBIRDS WERE THOUGHT TO NEST IN THE MANY SMALL VOLCANO CONES FOUND IN THE LOWER YUKON REGION, AND THE BONE AND PARTS OF ARTIFACTS FOUND IN SOME OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE LOCATIONS WERE CONSIDERED THE REMAINS OF THUNDERBIRD MEALS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yukon River (Lower), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 039927
label: USNM Number
content: E217729-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dish