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Ceremonial Bowl
Nuu-chah-nulth
(Pacheedaht)
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
ca. 1780-1820
sitka spruce, paint
height: 12"
width: 8 ½"
depth: 9 ½"
Inventory # N3078
Sold
acquired by the Thaw Collection, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY
PROVENANCE
Chief Charles Jones, Hereditary Chief of the Pacheenat People, Port Renfrew, British Columbia
According to the current Chief Jones, this bowl has passed down within the family for twelve generations
EXHIBITED
Royal British Columbia Museum, July 1999 - June 2000
Denver Museum of Natural History, October 2000 - January 2001
PUBLISHED
Out of the Mist, Treasures of the Nuu-chah-nulth Chiefs, Black, Royal British Columbia Museum, 1999, pg. 88