No Image Available
about 1880–90
Height x width: 3 1/2 x 14 x 4 1/2 in. (8.9 x 35.6 x 11.4 cm)
Carved wood with ivory and abalone inlay and glass beads
Classification: Wood Carvings / Turnings
Culture: Native American (Haida or Kwakiutl)
Object Place: Pacific Northwest
Accession number: 2011.1692
Description: Attached to bottom of bowl a paper memo scotch taped, with notes on object (see Inscriptions).
Provenance/Ownership History: About 1908/1909, collected by an unknown party in Sitka, Alaska [see note]. 1973, with Lee Parner [see note]. 1999, property of a Midwest private collection; November 30, 1999, anonymous (Midwest private collection) sale (sale no. 7398), Sotheby's, New York, lot 426, to Hy Zaret (b. 1907 – d. 2007) Westport, CT; 2007, by inheritance to Shirley Zaret, Boston; 2011, gift of Shirley Zaret to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011) NOTE: According to a label affixed to bottom of bowl.
Gift of Hy and Shirley Zaret