Spoon

Item number 1953.479 B from the MAA: University of Cambridge.

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Description

A) A spatulate spoon, also known as a soapberry paddle. The spoon has a cylindrical handle which joins a slightly concave paddle that is smooth on one side and decorated on the convex side. The decoration is a two- dimensional carving, comprising of the characteristic oviods and U-forms, which form the body and head of a creature. The shaft of the spoon had split but has been repaired.
B) A soapberry paddle. The paddle is flat and undecorated on one side, and finely carved on the slightly convex side. The carving is composed of the characteristic ovoids, U-forms and S-shapes, and forms what could possibly be a sea creature.; Good

Context

The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; Such paddles were used, and still are, for eating Indian icecream which is a frothy substance made from whipping soapberries and water. Soapberries are from the shrub Shepherdia canadensis. This spoons are very similar in style suggesting they were made by the same carver (G.Crowther).