Skip to main content

Bowl

Datec. 1850
Object PlaceMinnesota, United States, North America
MediumCarved and polished maple with brass tacks
ClassificationsTools and Implements
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
DescriptionLarge 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
  • Bowls Collection
  • Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
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.
Bowl
c. 1800
Spoon
c. 1870
Heddle
c. 1860
Awl
c. 1870
Heddle
c. 1900
Bowl
c. early 19th century
Ishi the Last Yahi: A Documentary History, p. 176.
ca. 1911-1916
Awl
c. 1890