Qíihlaa (feast dish)

ca. 1850

Kaigani Haida

Alder wood and paint

5 1/2 x 58 1/4 x 15 in. (14 x 148 x 38.1 cm)

Gift of John H. Hauberg

83.230

Provenance: Chief Son-I-Hat, Ksaan village, Prince of Whales Island, Alaska; James Peel (his grandson), Ksaan village, Prince of Whales Island, Alaska; Howard B. Roloff, until 1972; John H. Hauberg, Seattle, Washington, 1972-1983; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art, September 15, 1983–January 8, 1984

Published ReferencesThe Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1995, pg. 116; Holm, Bill, Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art, Seattle Art Museum, University of Washington Press, 1983, cat. no. 120

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