The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Beaver-Shaped Bowl

Beaver-Shaped Bowl

c. 1890–1920
wood
Overall: 11.3 x 27 x 18.7 cm (4 7/16 x 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Gift of Barry Bradley 2009.434
Location: 231 Native North American

Description

Bowls were a major Northwest Coast art form, used in many contexts including potlatch feasts that validated the rights and privileges of wealthy noble families. When Euro-American settlement forced a change from traditional to cash economies in the early 1900s, Indigenous carvers turned their skills to creating bowls like this example for the outside market.
  • Estate of Barry Bradley, Cleveland, Ohio
  • {{cite web|title=Beaver-Shaped Bowl|url=false|author=|year=c. 1890–1920|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2009.434