Spoon (late 1800s–early 1900s): Art, History and Details
Spoon at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1800s–early 1900s, horn, copper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Spoon (late 1800s–early 1900s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Elaborate utensils, valuable possessions of Northwest Coast noble clans, were used during potlatch feasts. This spoon’s handle features the heads of a wolf and a raven along with a beaver’s tail. All may be crests, motifs that, like European heraldry, were exclusive to important families and referred to their histories and rights to control land and resources.
Object facts
- Title: Spoon
- Date: late 1800s–early 1900s
- Culture: Native North America, Northwest Coast, Alaska, Tlingit
- Type: Sculpture
- Technique: horn, copper
- Dimensions: Overall: 10 x 9.7 cm (3 15/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
- Collection: AA - Native North America
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Accession number: 1924.175
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. Lyman H. Treadway
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