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Feast Spoon

Maker: Tom Price, Haida, Native American, 1857-1927
Medium: Wood, pigment
Place Collected: Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada
Dates: late 19th century
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 4 in. (26.7 x 6.4 x 10.2 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is on view in Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor
Accession Number: 05.588.7331
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund
Image: Group, 05.588.7331_05.588.7332_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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.

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