Zoomorphic vessel (bear)

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Description

wood, dark brown patina, unpainted, deepening in the back, slightly dam. (tail), abrasion of paint;
presumably a grease dish, in which the oil obtained from olachen or candlefish was dispensed during festivities.

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Comparing literature

Haberland, Wolfgang, Die Kunst des Indianischen Amerika, Zürich 1971, p. 86 f. Boden, Gertrud, Nordamerika, Die Sammlung des Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museums, Köln 1995, ill. 222

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