Bowl

ca. 1800

Delaware, Native American

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About the Artwork

The two faces carved on the Bowl address the differences between male and female. Many Native American cultures recognize the complementary and yet different social roles of men and women in community life. This mutual dependency extends to religious ritual, acknowledged by the male and female heads that face one another across a feast bowl probably used to serve meals that are an important part of Native American religious practice.

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Artwork Date ca. 1800

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Native american

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Delaware

Medium Wood and brass repairs

Dimensions Overall: 6 × 13 9/16 × 9 1/2 inches (15.2 × 34.4 × 24.1 cm)

Classification Wood and Woodcarving

Department Indigenous Americas

Credit Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Richard A. Manoogian, the New Endowment Fund, the Joseph H. Boyer Memorial Fund, and the Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Ford II Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1991.205

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private collection (Georgia, USA). (Donald Moylan, Birmingham, Michigan, USA)

1991-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Southport, CT, 1994, pp. 72-73.

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attributed to Delaware, Native American, Bowl, ca. 1800, wood and brass repairs. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Richard A. Manoogian, the New Endowment Fund, et al., 1991.205.

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