Bowl

Datec. 1850

MediumCarved and polished maple with brass tacks

Dimensions7 1/4 x 17 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (18.4 x 43.8 x 39.4 cm)

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation

Object number81.497

Curator NotesLarge blonde wooden bowl (maple), with high polish. Shallow tear-drop shape with flattened bottom. Effigy head featuring a stylized face with brass tack eyes is carved atop raised rim on one side.

On View

Not on view

Collections

Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Bowls Collection

Locations

Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (1995 Broadway), Department Storage, Americas

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: M. G. Chandler Collected at Lower Brule or Crow Creek Reservation; Rev. David W. Clark; Milford G. Chandler; Richard A. Pohrt.

Exhibitions

First Nations and the Creation of Culture

Text Entries

Consultation

Figure on bowl represents Iya the glutton - able to devour entire villages. Recommended reference: Zitkala-Sa: American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings edited with an introduction and notes by Cathy N. Davidson and Ada Norris. Style, theme, technique indicate this bowl originates with the Upper Sioux Community.

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