Feast Spoon
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Wood, pigment
DATES
late 19th century
DIMENSIONS
10 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 4 in. (26.7 x 6.4 x 10.2 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
05.588.7331
CREDIT LINE
Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
The object (bottom in photograph) is a carved wooden feast spoon by Tom Price. A "true' whale crest design has been painted on the bowl and lower handle of the spoon with black and red pigment. The spoon is in good and stable condition. Small hole at end of handle; 'blind' crack from end of handle running to hole. Old small losses on end of handle and on lower edge of spoon bowl. Small losses of black pigment along side of handle edges.See also 05.588.7332.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Tom Price (Haida, 1857â1927). Feast Spoon, late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 10 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 4 in. (26.7 x 6.4 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7331. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.588.7331_05.588.7332_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
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