Haida. <em>Bear Feast Bowl</em>, 19th century. Wood, plant fiber, twine, 8 x 13 1/2 x 12 in. (20.3 x 34.3 x 30.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.251_threequarter01_PS22.jpg)

Haida. Bear Feast Bowl, 19th century. Wood, plant fiber, twine, 8 x 13 1/2 x 12 in. (20.3 x 34.3 x 30.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.251_threequarter01_PS22.jpg)

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Bear Feast Bowl

Arts of the Americas

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Radical Care

CULTURE Haida

MEDIUM Wood, plant fiber, twine

Possible Place Collected: Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

DATES 19th century

DIMENSIONS 8 x 13 1/2 x 12 in. (20.3 x 34.3 x 30.5 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas

ACCESSION NUMBER 05.251

CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund

PROVENANCE Prior to 1930s, acquired by the Brooklyn Museum, acquisition method not yet documented.

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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Bent-corner, box-shaped feast bowl having a bear's face with protruding tongue on one end and its tail on the other. The second face on the bear's tail is a visual pun. The object is in fair and stable condition. Although the wood appears to be extruding oil in some areas more than others, the wood is stable. There are several minor cracks on two of the sides of the bowl which are stable. Previous repairs to the side corners remain secure. The join on through the large face where a break was repaired appears firm and stable. According to Robin Wright, Burke Museum, April 16, 2003, this is not Haida because the eye socket lines run right out to the lips of the bear, which is distinctively Tlingit. She added that if the Tlingit still owned the piece, they would have cleaned up the oil and darkened color.

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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Radical Care

CAPTION Haida. Bear Feast Bowl, 19th century. Wood, plant fiber, twine, 8 x 13 1/2 x 12 in. (20.3 x 34.3 x 30.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.251_threequarter01_PS22.jpg)

IMAGE threequarter, 05.251_threequarter01_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024

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