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Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Treasures from the Thaw Collection," Wheelwright Museum of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, NM, May 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenanceCollected by George Hills, First Bishop of Columbia, St. Augustine's Missionary College, Kent, England by 1865; James Hooper Collection, Sussex, England in 1946; British Rail Pension Trust; Christie's, Manson & Woods, London, England, 1976; James Economos, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Stefan Edlis, Chicago, Illinois in 1980
BibliographyHooper, J.T. and C.A. Burland. The Art of Primitive Peoples. New York: Philosophical Library, 1954, pl.49b.
Phelps, Steven. Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa, and the Americas: The James Hooper Collection. London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Limited, 1975, p.320, pl.188, cat. no. 1524.
Christie, Manson & Woods LTD. (London) 9 November 1976, lot 164.
"Auction Block." American Indian Art Magazine. Spring 1977. Vol.2, No.2: 17, 85.
Vincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.73.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris, Somogy edition d'Art, 1999, p. 129, fig. 104.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.357.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, pp. 120-121.
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. 392.
Culture
Coast Tsimshian
Feast Ladle
Datec. 1840
MediumAlder, paint
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 9 × 35 1/4 in. (22.9 × 22.9 × 89.5 cm)
Object numberT0167
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThis ladle was used to serve various courses at a feast such as a potlatch. Its large size emphasized the chief’s abundant resources and hospitality. The crest imagery on the handle, symbolizing the owner’s family or clan affiliation, combines attributes of a bear or wolf, a human, and a killer whale. The bear or wolf-like head rests at the top of the ladle, overseeing the transfer of food. The animal’s human-like body is curled up, knees to chest, its hands clasping and supporting each side of the ladle, and a large fin extends from its back up the handle. Such combined totemic animals are a feature of Northwest Coast art.Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Treasures from the Thaw Collection," Wheelwright Museum of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, NM, May 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenanceCollected by George Hills, First Bishop of Columbia, St. Augustine's Missionary College, Kent, England by 1865; James Hooper Collection, Sussex, England in 1946; British Rail Pension Trust; Christie's, Manson & Woods, London, England, 1976; James Economos, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Stefan Edlis, Chicago, Illinois in 1980
BibliographyHooper, J.T. and C.A. Burland. The Art of Primitive Peoples. New York: Philosophical Library, 1954, pl.49b.
Phelps, Steven. Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa, and the Americas: The James Hooper Collection. London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Limited, 1975, p.320, pl.188, cat. no. 1524.
Christie, Manson & Woods LTD. (London) 9 November 1976, lot 164.
"Auction Block." American Indian Art Magazine. Spring 1977. Vol.2, No.2: 17, 85.
Vincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.73.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris, Somogy edition d'Art, 1999, p. 129, fig. 104.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.357.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, pp. 120-121.
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. 392.
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