Bowl

Reference : 202

Bowl

Wood, black pigment (soot),
marine snail(Pomaulax gibberosus) shells and pearls
Dimensions : Length 37cm
Presumed time period: ^19thKwakiutl population
Coastal regions of northeastern Vancouver Island
British Columbia,Canada

Source :
T. Abogadie Collection Abogadie, USA

More details

Oval-shaped with raised ends, this food bowl was supposed to represent a stylized boat.

It is adorned on a wide upper rim with a series of pearls and twelve oval or triangular inlaid shells.
All covered with black pigment

An old label bears the inscription. NWC Bowl / T. Abogadie

Price: €2,600

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