Tecumseh Bowl, or the Prophet's Bowl

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Introduction

Large wooden bowl carved from a single piece of wood. PMAE accession record says that this bowl was "taken" at battle of Tippecanoe.

Nation of Maker: None

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

On site observation and PMAE accession record.

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Materials

wood (maple burl - DP); metal staples (mend crack)

Techniques or Format

Carved from one large burl; has ridge below lip on underside.

Motifs and Patterns

The stepped motif on both sides are similar to ones found around Cross Village, MI (DP). These ones have holes in the top step on each side. Much bigger than appears in photo!

Provenance

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 26-8-10/98197

Link to Institution's Collections Database: 140.247.102.177

About This GRASAC Record

GKS Reference Number: 671

Record Creation Context

Cory Willmott, Alan Corbiere, Adrianna Grecci Green and David Penney conducted research on site at the Peabody Museum for Archaeology and Ethnology in July 2007 with help from Susan Haskell and Patricia Capone of the PMAE. Cory Willmott's research was funded by a grant from the American Philosophical Society. Al Corbiere was supported through Ruth Phillips's SSHRC Canada Research Chair Funding. An internal grant from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville provided Cory with an RA, Ceara Horsley, for 2009 and 2010 to work on GRASAC data entry. (CW & CH)

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