Quilled Medicine Spoon Item Number: 43.201.151 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Probably Lakota Sioux. The horn spoon is cut on the sides and end of the handle, steamed and bent while soft to shape. May be cow or sheep horn. The quill is dyed porcupine. Do not know if really a "medicine" spoon. It might have been used ceremonially but not designated for any specific ceremony. A special spoon that is good example of its type.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1933
What
- Name
- Quilled Medicine Spoon
- Identification Number
- 43.201.151
- Type of Item
- medicine and spoon
- Material
- horn and porcupine quill
- Overall
- width 2.25 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- Ceremonial