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ProvenanceGeorge Terasaki, New York City
BibliographyMaurer, Evan. The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1977, p. 291, cat. no. 443.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.331.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 369.
Culture
Haida
Bowl
Datec. 1850
MediumAlder wood
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 × 6 1/4 × 10 3/4 in. (9.8 × 15.9 × 27.3 cm)
Object numberT0533
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextHaida artists produced bowls and other containers that exemplified an ancient tradition of creating fine work for important social occasions and feasts. The form of a seal was a well-known interpretation in the carving of bowls that held such delicacies as seal oil, as well as oolachen, or candlefish oil.ProvenanceGeorge Terasaki, New York City
BibliographyMaurer, Evan. The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1977, p. 291, cat. no. 443.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.331.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 369.
On View
Not on viewJuly 11, 1958
