Alaska Native. <em>Feast Spoon with Bear-shaped Handle</em>, 18th–19th century. Wood, 42.5 x 14.7 in. (108.0 x 37.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X583. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X583_bw.jpg)

Alaska Native. Feast Spoon with Bear-shaped Handle, 18th–19th century. Wood, 42.5 x 14.7 in. (108.0 x 37.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X583. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X583_bw.jpg)

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Feast Spoon with Bear-shaped Handle

Arts of the Americas

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CULTURE Alaska Native

MEDIUM Wood

Place Made: North America

DATES 18th–19th century

DIMENSIONS 42.5 x 14.7 in. (108.0 x 37.3 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas

ACCESSION NUMBER X583

CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Wooden feast spoon with long rounded bowl. The handle is carved with a sitting-bear effigy; upper claws, ears, mouth, nose and tongue, and a small tail are represented. Below the bears feet is carved a human face.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CAPTION Alaska Native. Feast Spoon with Bear-shaped Handle, 18th–19th century. Wood, 42.5 x 14.7 in. (108.0 x 37.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X583. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X583_bw.jpg)

IMAGE overall, X583_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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