Feast Ladle Item Number: 25.0/259 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
This ladle is one of a pair of ladles in the collection of the Burke Museum. Ladles with figures of mythical creatures carved on their handles, such as this one, are used to distribute food from feast dishes. The Sisioohl head is conceived as an extension of the handle, bent back upon itself and joined to the neck of the spoon. Attached to the nose and curling up over it like a tongue, is a small copper. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is green, black, red, and white.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Feast Ladle
- Identification Number
- 25.0/259
- Type of Item
- feast ladle
- Material
- wood, copper metal and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- length 46.0 in, height 13.7 in, width 12.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Sisioohl
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection