Grease dish
Grease dish

Currently not on view

Grease dish,

before 1882

Haida
PU 5224

Information

Title
Grease dish
Dates

before 1882

Medium
Spruce wood
Dimensions
h. 7.9 cm., l. 15.0 cm., w. 13.0 cm. (3 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5224
Place Collected

North America, possibly Howkan

Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped, on bottom: PU 5224 Tag, on bottom: 197
Culture
Haida, Native American
Type
bowls (vessels), potlatches, dishes
Materials
wood
Subject
feasts, oil, grease

Collected by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1877; Given to Princeton Theological Seminary, 1879-1882; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882

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