Quilled Medicine Spoon
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Horn, porcupine quills
DATES
late 19th–early 20th century
DIMENSIONS
width: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); length: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
43.201.151
CREDIT LINE
Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Probably Lakota Sioux. The horn spoon is cut on the sides and end of the handle, steamed and bent while soft to shape. May be cow or sheep horn. The quill is dyed porcupine. Do not know if really a "medicine" spoon. It might have been used ceremonially but not designated for any specific ceremony. A special spoon that is good example of its type.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Lakota, Sioux. Quilled Medicine Spoon, late 19th–early 20th century. Horn, porcupine quills, width: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); length: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks, 43.201.151. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 43.201.151_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 43.201.151_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
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