K’aakanéi (bowl) for eex̱ (grease) in the form of a seal
K’aakanéi (bowl) for eex̱ (grease) in the form of a seal

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K’aakanéi (bowl) for eex̱ (grease) in the form of a seal,

ca. 1830–50

Lingít
PU 5229

Information

Title
K’aakanéi (bowl) for eex̱ (grease) in the form of a seal
Dates

ca. 1830–50

Medium
Cedar and Russian blue bead
Dimensions
6.3 × 20.2 × 17 cm (2 1/2 × 7 15/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5229
Place Collected

North America, Laaxaayík Kwáan (Yakutat)

Marks/Labels/Seals
PU 5229 imprinted in bottom
Culture
Lingít, Native American
Type
bowls (vessels), potlatches, dishes, sculpture
Materials
cedar, beads
Techniques
inlay (process), carving
Subject
feasts, zoomorphic, abstraction, seals, oil, grease

Collected by Prof. William Libbey during Mount St. Elias Expedition in 1886; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1886

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