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ProvenanceEmma Shaw Colcleugh, Providence, Rhode Island; Rudolf F. Haffenreffer, Rhode Island; Jonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, New York; Michael Johnson, Seattle, Washington; Stefan Edlis, Chicago, Illinois
BibliographyColcleugh, Emma Shaw. "In Totem Land." PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, April 19, 1896, n.p [Illustrates a line drawing of the Haida bowl]
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.344.
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
Date1830-1860
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 7 1/4 × 8 5/8 in. (12.7 × 18.4 × 21.9 cm)
Object numberT0534
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThroughout the range of their use by coastal and interior Native peoples the resilient horn of the mountain sheep has been carved, boiled and formed into beautifully shaped vessels. First, the artist steamed and bent the horn into the desired shape, then the surface was carved with formline designs.ProvenanceEmma Shaw Colcleugh, Providence, Rhode Island; Rudolf F. Haffenreffer, Rhode Island; Jonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, New York; Michael Johnson, Seattle, Washington; Stefan Edlis, Chicago, Illinois
BibliographyColcleugh, Emma Shaw. "In Totem Land." PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, April 19, 1896, n.p [Illustrates a line drawing of the Haida bowl]
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.344.
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.
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