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ProvenanceMarius Barbeau, Ottawa, Ontario; Shaw Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.341.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 379.
Culture
Haida
Spoon
Datec. 1870
MediumHorn, copper
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (22.2 × 6.4 × 5.7 cm)
Object numberT0530
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextNorthwest Coast Indians made feasting an artform with the use of elaborately carved spoons and dishes that helped to celebrate important occasions. The Tlingit and the Haida were especially well-known for their intricately carved spoons from mountain sheep and goat horn. The handles became small three-dimensional carvings with fully modelled crest images of bears, frogs, and other mythological beings. Carvers manipulated the tough horn through boiling or steaming, thinning it out and carving the desired imagery.ProvenanceMarius Barbeau, Ottawa, Ontario; Shaw Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.341.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 379.
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