Zoomorphic vessel (bear) · Canada, Haida · ID: 3036648
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
Rento Brattinga, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSize
L: 27 cm
B: 9 cm
L: 10.6 inch
B: 3.5 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, unpainted, deepening in the back, slightly dam. (tail), abrasion of paint;
presumably a grease dish, in which the oil obtained from olachen or candlefish was dispensed during festivities.
Comparing literature
Haberland, Wolfgang, Die Kunst des Indianischen Amerika, Zürich 1971, p. 86 f. Boden, Gertrud, Nordamerika, Die Sammlung des Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museums, Köln 1995, ill. 222