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Feast Spoon with Bear-shaped Handle
Accession # X583
Culture Alaska Native
Title Feast Spoon with Bear-shaped Handle
Date 18th-19th century
Medium Wood
Dimensions 42.5 x 14.7 in. (108.0 x 37.3 cm)
Credit Line Brooklyn Museum Collection
Location Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf D (Native American Art)
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.