Collection: Fry

Item Number: Fry0072

Category: Dish

Region: Arctic

Tribe: Eskimo

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Bone

Description: Dish, of bone, in the general shape of a whale with cut flukes, probably used to provide a drink of fresh water to the killed whale, to honor it.

Dimensions: Length 9.75 inches; Width 3.0 inches

Exhibitions:

Lure of the Arctic, Cincinnati Art Museum, October 2007 - January 2008

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