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Bent Corner Bowl
Tsimshian
Northern British Columbia
Northern British Columbia
ca. 1840–1860
wood, opercula shell
width: 11 ½"
Inventory # N3641
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PROVENANCE
Reportedly collected by Captain Rogers of Round Lake, NY, a member of the William H. Seward expedition of 1869 to 1871
PUBLISHED
Donald Ellis Gallery catalogue, 2010, pg. 9
Related Examples
Sturtevant, William (ed.) Boxes and Bowls: Decorated Containers by Nineteenth Century Haida, Tlingit, Bella Bella, and Tsimshian Indian Artists. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pls. 52, 53 and 55
Wooden bowls manufactured by the indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast came in a wide variety of forms and sizes. Large bowls, sometimes reaching 20 feet in length, were generally used to serve food during great feasts. In contrast, small bowls were most often made to contain individual or family portions of "eulachon" or candlefish oil, an important food source.