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Household Box Representing Killer Whale (Taod)
Accession # 05.588.7311
Culture Haida
Title Household Box Representing Killer Whale (Taod)
Date late 19th century
Medium Wood, pigment
Dimensions 11 5/8 x 9 13/16 in. (29.5 x 25.0 cm)
Credit Line Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund
Location Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf F (Native American Art)
Description This 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.