Artwork copyright Robert Stauffer. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Frog/Bear Square Bowl, 1994
Robert Stauffer
(American, born 1953)
Location: Yacolt Elementary, Yacolt
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Artist Rob Stauffer hand-carved Frog/Bear Square Bowl from a single block of alder wood using traditional Northwest Coast designs and carving tools. Stauffer notes that the imagery for this feast bowl depicts two characters "based on the Haida story which tells why an ancestral frog fled from the Queen Charlotte Islands in ancient times."
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Battle Ground School District.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Robert Stauffer is a Northwest artist whose art focuses on the Native American artistic traditions of the Pacific Northwest Coast. He is a non-Native artist. Staffer learned to carve after studying with Native American artists at Tillicum Village on Blake Island, in Puget Sound, Western Washington.
ARTWORK DETAILS
| Material Category | Painting - paint on rigid surface / mixed media |
| Medium | Mixed media |
| Dimensions | 17 1/8 in x 10 1/2 in x 5 in (irregular dimensions) |
| ID Number | WSAC1996.190.000 |
| Acquisition Method | Direct purchase |
| Artist Location | Washington, United States |
Location Information
| Agency | Battle Ground Public Schools |
| Artwork Location | Yacolt Elementary Media Center, On top of freestanding bookshelves |
| WA County | Clark |
| Placement | Interior |
| Site Type | Public School |
| Address | 406 W Yacolt Rd. Yacolt, WA 98675 |
| Geo. Coordinates | 45.867802, -122.411576 |
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