Dish in the Form of a Bird

Sugpiaq (Alutiiq)
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected 1820-1860

Wood, beads, and shell

Overall: 7 1/16 × 2 9/16 × 1 3/4 in. (18 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly

22.11.4583

Geography

Place Made: Aleutian Islands, United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Food Service

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Course History

Art History 38.04, Food & Art: Global History, Nick Camerlenghi, Fall 2023

Provenance

Collected by "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1921), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922.

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