Native American Feast Bowl

Native American Feast Bowl

17th century Mohawk Indian burlwood feast bowl that is oblong shape with oval footed base and coming from the Mohawk Valley, New York. This bowl is 16” by 14” wide and 6” deep and carved by a Mohawk Native American from burl ash wood using a crooked knife. Burl was a sacred material for Native American people. Burl ash is dense, irregular in grain, extremely strong and very difficult to carve. This feast bowl suggest to be the work of a master Native American carver.

This beautiful feast bowl has pronounced tool markings throughout and is in excellent condition