Feast Spoon (Slagwul) with Wolf Crest
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Wood, pigment
DATES
late 19th century
DIMENSIONS
12 1/2 x 3 x 5 in. (31.8 x 7.6 x 12.7 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
05.588.7332
CREDIT LINE
Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
The object is a large spoon (top in photograph) carved from a single piece of wood. Inside the bowl of the spoon in black and red is a painting of a wolf crest that includes a wolf with a large tail. The spoon is in good and stable condition. On the handle, at the top, there are two holes; on the body and legs of the wolf, there are small black pigment losses. See also 05.588.7331.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Tom Price (Haida, 1857â1927). Feast Spoon (Slagwul) with Wolf Crest, late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 12 1/2 x 3 x 5 in. (31.8 x 7.6 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7332. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.588.7332_acetate_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 05.588.7332_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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