Frog bowl
Frog bowl

Currently not on view

Frog bowl,

before 1882

Lingít
ui.2011.71

Information

Title
Frog bowl
Dates

before 1882

Medium
Wood, red and black paint
Dimensions
10.3 × 40.5 × 13.8 cm (4 1/16 × 15 15/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Collection
Object Number
ui.2011.71
Place Collected

North America, Sheet'ká Ḵwáan (Sitka)

Culture
Lingít, Native American
Type
bowls (vessels), tourist trade
Materials
paint, wood
Techniques
carving
Subject
zoomorphic, frogs

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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