Feast Spoon with Bear-shaped Handle Item Number: X583 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Wooden feast spoon with long rounded bowl. The handle is carved with a sitting-bear effigy; upper claws, ears, mouth, nose and tongue, and a small tail are represented. Below the bears feet is carved a human face.
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Item History
- Made between 1700 and 1899
What
- Name
- Feast Spoon with Bear-shaped Handle
- Identification Number
- X583
- Type of Item
- feast spoon and handle
- Material
- wood
- Measurements
- “42.5 x 14.7 in. (108.0 x 37.3 cm)” ?
Who
- Culture
- Eskimo
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1700 and 1899
Other
- Location
- Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
- Classification
- Ceremonial