Bowl
CultureWasco/Wishxam, Columbia River region, Oregon or Washington
Dateca. 1800-1850
MediumBighorn sheep horn
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/8 × 6 3/4 × 7 inches (11.13 × 17.15 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineFrom the Estelle and Morton Sosland Collection
Object number2009.41.8
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionDark brown horn bowl with projecting ends; underside carved with four human faces.Gallery LabelHorn bowls were carved from a section of the rough curled horns of bighorn sheep. The horn was softened through steaming or boiling, then spread and carved into shape, and finally relief-carved and incised with designs. On the sides and raised ridge across the bottom of the bowl are six humanoid faces, distinguished by their rounded brow line, oval eyes and wide, toothed mouth. These faces, stylistically distinct from those usually found on bowls of this type, are reminiscent of petroglyphs, or rock carvings, found in the Columbia River region.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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