Ladle Item Number: 80.98.3 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
A horn ladle with an oval bowl secured to the handle by copper [or brass] rivets. The handle is carved with human and animal motifs: a frog, a human head with protruding tongue, and two birds' heads with animal ears. The pupils of the eyes of all figures are inlaid with metal.
Credit Line
Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1899
What
- Name
- Ladle
- Identification Number
- 80.98.3
- Type of Item
- ladle
- Material
- horn, metal rivet and metal inlay
- Measurements
- “8 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (21.95 x 5.4 cm)” ?
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1899
Other
- Location
- Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
- Classification
- Food/Drink