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Woodwork
Grease Dish
Nisga'a artist, (active )
Nisga'a artist
Canada
2 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (5.7 x 14 x 29.8 cm)
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Wood
Wood
Nisga'a; made in British Columbia, Canada
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Native American, Native American art
Woodwork
The eulachon fish, a type of smelt with a very high oil content, was dried then pressed for its oil. This oil (still used today in cooking and flavoring) was placed in a grease dish on the table, into which diners would dip dried fish and other delicacies. This dish is decorated around the rim with opercula, the highly prized ornamental part of a snail shell.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1983.18
item
Memorial Art Gallery
7/20/2001
negative
4x5
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83.18DI#1
digital image
6/9/2008
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