Seal Bowl Item Number: 2211 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
The fat harbor seal was a favortie theme of of northern bowl carvers, probably because it was an important source of oil, and because its meat and blubber were important at feasts. Perched on its round belly on a reef just above the tide, head and hind flippers arched upward, the harbor seal is a familiar sight to coast travellers. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)
Item History
- Received from George T. Emmons
What
- Name
- Seal Bowl
- Identification Number
- 2211
- Type of Item
- seal bowl
- Material
- alder wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved
- Overall
- length 30.0 cm, width 16.5 cm, depth 12.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Haida: Kaigani
- Received from
- George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Purchased from George T. Emmons
- Motif
- Seal (Sea Mammal) | Formline Design
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection