Household Box Representing Killer Whale (Taod)
        
      
              
                            
      
              
                    
Arts of the Americas
        
      
              
          
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
        
      
              
        
      
      
              
      
              
          MEDIUM
          Wood, pigment        
      
              
      
              
          DATES
          late 19th century        
      
      
      
              
          DIMENSIONS
          11 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.  (29.5 x 25.0 cm)          	
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        ACCESSION NUMBER
        05.588.7311      
              
          CREDIT LINE
          Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund        
      
      
              
          CATALOGUE 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.        
      
      
      
              
          CAPTION
          Haida. Household Box Representing Killer Whale (Taod), late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 11 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.  (29.5 x 25.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7311. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.588.7311_acetate_bw.jpg)        
      
      
      
              
          IMAGE
          overall, 05.588.7311_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph          
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