Bowl made by a member of the Wabanaki Confederacy.
Deep wooden bowl; hand-carved burl; ovoid; protruding knob-like handle; decorative shell-shaped protrusion on opposite side; crack in side with remnant of repair.
bowls (vessels)
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
indigenous people
Knickknack
Bowl, Decorative
Treen
Burl
Wood
Bowl, Decorative
Made by a member of the Wabanaki Confederacy, bowls of this type were also used to play "Waltes," a Native bowl-and-dice game. Its likely that this bowl started life as an Indigenous object, not as a colonist's chopping bowl. The carved head on the rim facing the sunburst-like motif help attribute the bowl to the People of the Dawnland.
Used At Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
11 5/8 (H), 14 (diameter) (inches)
Museum Accession
1949.690
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