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Ceremonial Feast Bowl
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Object Description
Title
Ceremonial
Feast
Bowl
Region
Northwest
Coast
;
Tlingit
;
Bear
Clan
;
Alaska
Date
1890
Date Notes
ca.1890
Materials
cedar
;
abalone
;
goat
horn
;
seed
beads
Description
A
Tlingit
artist
made
this
rare
yellow
cedar
bowl
around
1900
.
Called
a
“Chief’s
Bear
Bowl”
it
may
have been
used
by
either
the
clan
head
,
(leader
of the
extended
family)
or a
shaman
in
ceremony
. The
eyes
are
inset
with
abalone
shell
and the
edge
of the
bowl
is
decorated
with
ivory
and
very
early
Russian
trade
beads
. The
bowl
illustrates
a
melding
of
animal
form
and
bowl
function
.
Northwest
Coast
art
is
noted
for
expressing
the
symbolic
with the
functional
.
Dimensions
16 x 7 x 7.75 inches
Identifier
NAI.263.2010
Source
The
Jim
and
Vanita
Oelschlager
Native
American
Ethnographic
Collection
Exhibit Information
'Connecting Objects to their People: From the Arctic to Arizona'; May 7 - October 14, 2012 at The Center for the History of Psychology.
Credits
Research by Lynn Metzger and Rachel Fox; photography by Francisca Ugalde. For permission to use contact franita1@gmail.com
Collection Descriptor
The
Jim
and
Vanita
Oelschlager
Native
American
Ethnographic
Collection
UA College
Buchtel
College
of
Arts
and
Sciences
UA Department
Department
of
Anthropology
and
Classical
Studies
and The
Mary
Schiller
Myers
School
of
Art
Contact Information
Department of Anthropology office: 330.972.7875
Description
Title
Ceremonial
Feast
Bowl
Collection Descriptor
The
Jim
and
Vanita
Oelschlager
Native
American
Ethnographic
Collection
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