X-RARE Northwest Coast RAVEN Grease Bowl 1800s Suquamish, Bainbridge Island, WA
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X-RARE Northwest Coast RAVEN Grease Bowl 1800s Suquamish, Bainbridge Island, WA :
$68700.00
Houghton USA
Ancient Art, Antiques, & FineCollectibles
Raven Clan Grease Bowl
Pacific Northwest Coast NativeAmerican
Suquamish Tribe/Puget Sound/SalishSea
Find Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
c. 1750—1850
Note:
I certify that this antique grease bowl was reportedly traded for on Bainbridge Island, WA, with the owner\'s permission in the 1800s.
Suquamish Tribe Raven Grease Bowl
Estimated Date: 1750—1850
Find Location: Northwest Coast, USA, BAINBRIDGEISLAND, WA, 19th Century Find
Approximate 9.20”
This fascinating wooden Grease Bowl carvedinto the shape of “The Trickster Raven” came from a very old PacificNorthwestern collection of artifacts from the Puget Sound area. Theentire estate collection was obtained decades ago from the late Mrs. HenriettaSwanson’s relatives, whose family had early Seattle / island connections. Her descendants stated that the original collectorhad told Mrs. Swanson that their great grandfather acquired it in a trade onBainbridge island around the late 1890s.The style of carving and the patina of the wood suggests that it wasmade decades or perhaps a century before.
This Raven Grease Bowl effigy shows afierce, open-beak Raven at one end, with his curled tail along the oppositeend. Inside the open beak, there arestill remnants of dried grease. There isa single hole that was drilled from the mouth of the Raven to the inside of thebowl. The Raven’s shows ware on his lightlydiscolored, almond-shaped eyes and snout.His gapping, open mouth givesthis piece a fierce and rather creepy perspective, as the Raven was thought toscare away Evil Spirits.
Minor dings, surfacecracks, abrasion marks, grease/oil stains are consistent with age and heavy useover centuries. Deep chisel cuts are especially evident on the inside ofthe bowl. A very early and RARE woodenartifact from the pre-white settler indigenous population of the island/region.
DETAILS
Although fish was the staple food ofSuquamish People, the surrounding forested mountains supported a wide varietyof small and large game.
Tales that feature the Raven as thehero are specific to areas on the NW Pacific Coast, such as Alaska and northernBritish Columbia and their peoples, the Tsimshian, and the Haida. In fact, the Haida tribe credits Raven fordiscovering the first humans who were hiding in a clam shell; he brought themberries and salmon.
Once the Washington Territory wasestablished in 1853, the U.S. government began signing treaties with areaindigenous leaders to extinguish aboriginal claims and make land available fornon-Native settlement. In the Point Elliott Treaty signed on January 22, 1855,the Suquamish agreed to cede land to the United States in exchange for certainpayments and obligations. They reserved for themselves the land that becamedesignated as the Port Madison Indian Reservation, near their winter village onAgate Pass. They also reserved the right to fish and harvest shellfish in theirUsual and Accustomed Areas, and reserved certain cultural and natural resourcerights within their historical territory. Today, the Suquamish Tribe is aco-manager with the State of Washington of the state\'s salmon fishery.
And at a 2009 Bonham’s sale inSan Francisco, CA, a similar Northwest Coast Bowl, with Lot 4198, sold for aneye-popping $206,000, including the 25% buyer’s premium!!
This is your chance to add anextremely RARE early Raven Grease Bowl to your collection.
PROVENANCE: Chronology of Ownership
Thisauthentic, Raven Grease Bowl is from the estate of a prominent collector in OntarioCalifornia. I recently acquired it froma private collector. This bowl will be accompanied by myCertificate of Authenticity at no additional charge.
REF:
TheSpirit World, bythe Editors of Time Life, 1992, pgs. 36-42.
SpiritFaces: Contemporary Masks of the Northwest Coast, by Gary Wyatt, 1998.
TheCoppers of the Northwest Coast Indians: Their Origin ..., Volume 79, Carol F. Jopling,pgs. 117—119.
Important Northwest Coast American Indian Artfrom A Private Collection Owned by a New York Charitable Trust: 21 May 2014 |2:00 PM EDT | New York. Sale Total: $2.3 million.
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X-RARE Northwest Coast RAVEN Grease Bowl 1800s Suquamish, Bainbridge Island, WA :
$68700.00