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7 in. (17.8 cm)Tlingit or Haida artist
United States or Canada
Tlingit or Haida; made in United States or Canada
Object Type:
Decorative Arts
Medium and Support:
Horn
Credit Line:
Presented by the Rochester Historical Society
Accession Number:
1933.28
Location: Currently on view
Feast spoons were a prestige item brought out during special occasions to serve soup or stew. This spoon was made of mountain-goat horn, which was soaked and steamed, bent into shape, cooled in a mold, and then carved. The handles of these spoons resemble totem poles, with crest images carefully carved; here you see a raven and a seal.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
[Gallery label text, 2009]
Provenance
Rochester [New York] Historical Society; their gift to the Gallery in 1933
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- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
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