Stories from the Past: Wooden Bowls

A Cup'ik man told me this story today while I was visiting the museum exhibit down the hall:

"I used to have a carved wooden bowl like this one when I was a boy.  Then these outsiders came in.  They came and looked at my bowl, cleaned it out, and then gave me money for it! [laughs]  I haven't seen one like it until now."

Wooden bowls on display in the museum