Argillite Oval Platter depicting a Shaman Figure in High Relief Transforming into a Dogfish (Shark)
Haida, First Nation, Northwest Coast
after 1862, collected early 20th century
Argillite (inlaid abalone missing)
Overall: 13 3/16 × 9 1/4 × 13/16 in. (33.5 × 23.5 × 2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Mrs. James Foster Scott, in memory of her late husband, Victor J. Evans
157.9.13874
Geography/Culture
North America, Canada
Period
19th century
Object Name
Carving
Classification
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Inscription
Inscised, on reverse: 872
Course History
WRIT 7 , Religion and Literature: Re-visioning the Natural, Nancy Crumbine, Spring 2015
Provenance
Collected by Victor Justice Evans (1865-1931), Washington, D.C, date unknown; to his widow, (Mabel) Karen Gram Schaefer Evans Scott Allen (1891-1974), Meriden, New Hampshire, 1931; given to present collection, 1957.
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