МАЭ № 571-33/b

Bowl in the shape of a merganser duck

Kodiak Eskimos

I.G. Voznesenskii's expedition

wood, paint, glass beads

length 28.5 cm, width 19 cm, height 13.2 cm

It was believed that waterfowl were blessed with magical powers. They could dive in the water, walk on land, and fly in the air and therefore, like the spirits were capable of visiting the underwater, earthly and heavenly worlds.

Ethnography of America