Haida. <em>Seal Feast Bowl</em>, 19th century. Wood, 5 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (13.3 x 36.2 x 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.588.7321_threequarter_PS22.jpg)

Haida. Seal Feast Bowl, 19th century. Wood, 5 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (13.3 x 36.2 x 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.588.7321_threequarter_PS22.jpg)

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Seal Feast Bowl

Arts of the Americas

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

CULTURE Haida

MEDIUM Wood

Place Collected: Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

DATES 19th century

DIMENSIONS 5 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (13.3 x 36.2 x 21.6 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas

ACCESSION NUMBER 05.588.7321

CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund

PROVENANCE Prior to 1905, provenance not yet documented; before 1905, acquired in Skidgate, Canada by Charles Frederick Newcombe of Victoria, Canada; August 13, 1905, purchased in Victoria from Charles Frederick Newcombe by Stewart Culin for the Brooklyn Museum.

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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Carved feast bowl in the form of a seal. The bowl is saturated with eulachon or candlefish oil, which was eaten as a delicacy and used to soften dried berries. Although the bowl is cleaned by conservators from time to time, the oil continues to advance towards the surface, especially from the interior where the oil is heavily embedded. The object is stable and in fair condition. There is an old crack in one end that is stable. There are two round holes through the bottom of the bowl, one at each end.

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

CAPTION Haida. Seal Feast Bowl, 19th century. Wood, 5 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (13.3 x 36.2 x 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.588.7321_threequarter_PS22.jpg)

IMAGE threequarter, 05.588.7321_threequarter_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024

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