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Two men in similar dress sharing berries

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Elizabeth Hutchinson (instructor):  The artist has not given a great deal of attention to the bowl being used by the two men, but it may be the kind of bowl used specifically at feasts and ceremonials.  The Smithsonian Institution has a bentwood bowl collected at Kingigan in 1934 that is decorated with ivory carvings of whales and other animals.  A discussion of this vessel begins at minute 3:20 in this video produced by the Anchorage museum using information that came from discussions with elders.

 

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