Spoon Item Number: 49.20.3 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This spoon is carved in two pieces. The handle is carved, the bowl is plain. Detail description follows: The design begins at the tip of the handle with a segmented cone (possibly representing the rank symbol for the figure below). This cone rests upon the head of a long, thin, standing figure with large, down-slanted eyes and a protruding tongue held with the hands. The figure stands upon a section of a cylinder of four, elaborated rectangles carved on the side. Below this is an animal head with a long beak-like nose that curls down towards the mouth. The head might represent a hawk. In the open mouth of this head a double row of teeth is clearly indicated. Condition: good.
Credit Line
Gift of Albert Gallatin
Item History
- Made between 1700 and 1899
What
- Name
- Spoon
- Identification Number
- 49.20.3
- Type of Item
- spoon
- Material
- mountain goat horn and copper nail
- Overall
- length 2.0625 in, width 5.6875 in
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1700 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Food/Drink