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Bowl
Unrecorded Haida artist First Nations
Not on view
This bowl cleverly evokes the posture of an alert, seated seabird, whose wings, feet, and tail feathers appear in shallow relief on the outer surface. Sheep-horn bowls often held the seal, whale, or eulachon (candlefish) oil into which feast guests dipped dried salmon and other delicacies. To create the bowl, the artist first steamed and boiled the horn, making it pliable enough to be bent into shape, and then carved it once it had cooled.
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