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.
- Dated c. 1890–1920
- Rights: CC0
Terms
Culture
Native North America, Northwest Coast, Alaska, Tlingit?
Medium
wood
Genre
Wood
Department
Art of the Americas