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Household Box Representing Killer Whale(Taod)

Culture: Haida, Native American
Medium: Wood, pigment
Place Made: Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada
Dates: late 19th century
Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 9 13/16 in. (29.5 x 25.0 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 05.588.7311
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 05.588.7311_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: ZThis box is carved on all sides with the Northwest Coast "form" style of abstracted figures representing a killer whale.It would have had a wood lid set on top.

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