Bowl

Museum number:
2-19087
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019087
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Beaver holds stick in mouth - means that owners were members of beaver clan that had moved to another house, i.e. a secondary house group - Charles Brown, June 1964.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 34 centimeters
Comment:
Beaver holds stick in mouth - means that owners were members of beaver clan that had moved to another house, i.e. a secondary house group - Charles Brown, June 1964. Possibly yew or maple per Brendan Maloney.
Loans:
S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1974-1975 #41: Palo Alto Cultural Center (January 6, 1975–March 19, 1975), S1980-1981 #80: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (June 30, 1981–September 15, 1981), S1988-1989 #8: Art Gallery (Sonoma State Univ.) (September 7, 1988–October 25, 1988), and S1989-1990 #27: John G. Shedd Aquarium (July 15, 1990–January 24, 1992)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-19087, described as Carved, wooden, in form of beaver, abalone inlay, yellow cedar.

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