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Feast Spoon (Slagwul) with Wolf Crest

Maker: Tom Price, Haida, Native American, 1857-1927
Medium: Wood, pigment
Place Made: Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada
Dates: late 19th century
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 3 x 5 in. (31.8 x 7.6 x 12.7 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is on view in Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor
Accession Number: 05.588.7332
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 05.588.7332_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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.

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