Carved Wooden Octopus Bowl
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: Canada including Hudson Bay and Northwestern Passages
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: 1993
label: Notes
content: A carved wooden Potlatch Bowl made by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Richard Hunt of British Columbia, Canada. A potlatch is a ceremonial gift-giving festival with economic meaning traditionally practiced by indigenous people throughout the Pacific Northwest. The bowl is carved from red cedar and depicts an octopus. The bowl is dominated by the gaping mouth of the animal, with what appear to be teeth carved into the rim of the mouth. At the bottom of the mouth three large but somewhat abstract tentacles appear. Above the mouth are two eyes and a human-like nose.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Nov 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, Canada, British Columbia
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
culture: label: Culture
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwagiulth)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400643
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Wood