Wasco-Wishram Bowl

Abraham Rosman and Paula Rubel, New York

The goat horn used to make this bowl bears a very similar texture to tightly grained wood and allows for the finely detailed decoration that spans across the underside of this piece. The most common decorative elements of Wasco-Wishram bowls include zigzag bands, which on this bowl appear below the handles with rectangular openings. Below this pattern, concentric circles have been carved with two vertical lines stretching towards the top of the bowl.